The Genji and the Heike Clans
"The Genji and the Heike Clans (Genpei Touma-den) is a side-scrolling hack and slash platform game."
The Genji and the Heike Clans (Genpei Touma-den) is a side-scrolling hack and slash platform game. The player controls Taira no Kagekiyo, a samurai who was killed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura during the Genpei War. Kagekiyo was resurrected to defeat his enemy Minamoto no Yoritomo and the heads of his clan, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Saito Musashibo Benkei. The game offers three types of action: Small Mode (standard), Big Mode (standard, but with large characters and usually boss fights) and Plain Mode (viewed from an overhead perspective). The game received a localization when released in Namco Museum.
Released 1 October 1986 for Sharp X68000, Arcade and Legacy Mobile Device by Namco and dempa. Rated A by CERO.
Story
The player controls Taira no Kagekiyo, a samurai that died in the Genpei War and revived to avenge the destruction of his clan, travelling the provinces of Japan while searching for the Imperial Regalia of Japan to face his arch-enemy Minamoto no Yoritomo, and also faces other enemies like Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Musashibō Benkei.
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