Retro Replay Review

Gameplay

An examination cursor lets the player inspect a scene.

The portable computer stores useful numbers and codes.

Movement choices connect locations during the investigation.

Graphics

Blue interface panels surround compact first-person scenes and Japanese text.

Story

A malfunctioning defense satellite threatens the world in 1999.

The time slip reaches December 22, 1989, before its launch.

Members of the real band help the protagonist investigate.

Overall Experience

A music license becomes an unexpectedly urgent science-fiction adventure.

Reading Japanese matters when a conversation supplies the next clue.

This record covers the original 1989 Famicom release.

Retro Replay Score

6/10