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Speed and Jumping are increased with Red and Blue emblems, respectively. The face within the rock wall is a nice touch. Emblems are found after you defeat random enemies, and you’ll need as many as possible to fully strengthen your team. The two ranks and the Power Meter are increased by collecting different colored emblems (your Health Meter can only be replenished by emblems, not increased). In addition to those, the warriors have Health Meter, a Power Meter, a Speed rank, and a Jump rank. Each warrior starts off with a standard attack, a jump, and a once-per-stage special attack. Shadow Blasters is basic pre- Final Fight brawling, with enemies running towards you in kamikaze fashion, while you fire your NINJA MAGIC to destroy them. Tiffany’s having a fight with her boyfriend. Leo is the best Japanese fencer of all time, despite using boomerangs as weapons, and Marco is a girthy Buddhist who’s “better at fighting the forces of evil than reciting the sutras.” Aren’t we all, Marco. Both Horatio and Tiffany were trained in the ways of “NINJUTSU” (all-caps, courtesy of the manual), and are swift, but also weak.

The four warriors – in order of authenticity – are Marco, Leo, Horatio, and Tiffany.
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A benevolent god known as Hyprion (probably Hyperion, but both the instruction manual and game refer to him as “Hyprion”) has mercy on the wicked Earth, and raises up four warriors to go and fight the evil Ashura and his demonic minions. Soon, all the earth is under his carnal power. Ashura, the King of the Evil World, notices man’s depraved state and swoops in to take advantage of it.

Tale as old as man’s beginning: humans are evil, and the gods aren’t happy about it.
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Despite these very real warning signs, Shadow Blasters‘ bizarre production values contain a scruffy, what-the-hell’s-going-on charm, and the game’s intriguing upgrade system kept me engaged to the end. The characters are top-tier martial artists, yet have names like “Horatio” and “Tiffany.” The settings take you everywhere from a futuristic space ship to a rundown inner-city harbor, all in search of continuity. The story is vague and involves gods interfering with humanity’s debaucherous ways. Shadow Blasters is akin to the straight-to-VHS action films that littered Blockbuster shelves in the 1990s. Hardcore, jungle and drum and bass would have turned out very differently without the S series.PUBLISHER: Sigma Enterprises (JP), Sage’s Creation (US)ĭEVELOPER: Cyclone System, Sigma Pro-Tech
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The S series was particularly popular in the UK, where it helped define entire genres. Look back at photos of dance producers’ studios throughout the 90s and there’s a huge chance you’ll see an Akai sampler nestling in a rack, whether it’s the 12-bit S900 or S950, the 16-bit S1000 or S2000, or maybe even an S3000 for those with a little more cash to splash.

In addition to the extensive E-mu range, honourable mentions must go to the Roland S-760 (an early favourite of Daft Punk) and Yamaha TX16W (which spawned its own alternative operating system, Typhoon, now available in emulated form as Cyclone from Sonic Charge), but if we had to pick the definitive series of rack samplers we’d have to go for the Akai S series. Over time, the trend shifted away from keyboard-style samplers and toward rack-mount units. Hardcore, jungle and drum and bass would have turned out very differently without the S series.
