Buffers Evolution
Buffers Evolution is a 1999 WS game by Koto Laboratory.
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About the game
In a post-apocalyptic future a gambling syndicate seeks to make a quick buck in the gritty remains of earth. By fusing the best of animal and mechanical traits they create three bestial androids from a bird, a lion, and a rhinoceros. Bets are taken and then the robots are loosed into hostile mazes of scrap metal on old earth. Maybe they'll even make it back alive...
The goal of BUFFERS EVOLUTION is to run through a course while collecting ten parts in the best time possible. The courses are large and vary between jungle scenes, deserts, old factories, and general mechanical wastes. These areas are cased in by electricity to stop the contests from escaping and thereby ruining the entertainment of the masses. This will keep you in the bounds of the course. With the press of a button your character will momentarily turn into a 'buffer', a sharp pisiform metallic object, while being a buffer you can destroy enemies by slamming into them, this will often bounce you in a given direction, which is useful for reaching high ledges.
Although you do not need to get all the parts to clear an area special items can be accrued by collection parts, while on the course proper these parts will heal any damage you may have taken. Perhaps if you collect all the part in all nine areas you'll have the means to escape your captors?
Gameplay is reminiscent of Sonic the Hedghog although in those games you race against a countdown while here you are merely trying to get good times.
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Facts
- Platforms
- WS
- First released
- 1999-12-09
- Developers
- Koto Laboratory
- Publishers
- Bandai
- Genres
- Action, Racing / Driving, Side view, Platform, Post-apocalyptic
Covers and screenshots
Box, manual and cartridge scans
Front Cover (WS · Japan) Back Cover (WS · Japan) Media (WS · Japan) Manual (WS · Japan) Manual (WS · Japan) Extras (WS · Japan) Extras (WS · Japan) Extras (WS · Japan) Extras (WS · Japan)
Screenshots
Title screen (WS) A craft hovers over the remains of the planet. (WS) A contestant is hoisted up. (WS) The trio of beasties. (WS) Course selection. (WS) You've picked door #2 your mystery date is lion-bot! (WS) Lion capsule (WS) Crossing a bridge. (WS) Leaping away from an explosion. (WS) Plotting the course. (WS) Alternate damaging form. (WS) Crouched in a tight space. (WS) Sliding, while difficult, is very useful. (WS) The path down is blocked by a strange creature. (WS) Paused: check parts collected. (WS) At the finish line, out racer makes good time. (WS) Preparing for your capsule to take you back. (WS) Rankings (WS) Bird capsule (WS) Difficult mountain jumps. (WS) Part 1 ahoy! (WS) A heroic exploit followed by a daring leap. (WS) Underwater... this isn't too good for robotic body parts. (WS) The bird short circuiting. (WS) Rhino capsule. (WS) The rhino in profile. (WS) What are you laughing at? (WS)
Releases
| Platform | Released | Regions | Publishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS | 1999-12-09 | world | Bandai |
Barcodes
- 4902425743318
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