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| Doraemon | |
|---|---|
 Front cover ofDoraemon package | |
| Developer | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher | Hudson Soft |
| Director | Katsuhiro Nozawa[1] |
| Producer | Yukio Osato[1] |
| Programmer | Katsuhiro Nozawa |
| Writers | Katsuhiro Nozawa[1] Takahashi Meijin[1] |
| Composer | Jun Chikuma[1] |
| Platform | Family Computer |
| Release | December 12, 1986 |
| Genres | Action-adventure Shoot 'em up |
| Mode | Single-player |
Doraemon (ドラえもん,lit. "Doraemon") is a 1986video game developed and published byHudson Soft for theFamily Computer exclusively inJapan. It is based onFujiko F. Fujio's (the pen name ofHiroshi Fujimoto)Japanesemanga series ofthe same name, which later became ananime series andAsianfranchise. It was the tenth best selling Famicom game released in 1986, selling approximately 1,150,000 copies in its lifetime.[2] It is the third game created for the Doraemon license after the versions created for theArcadia 2001 and theEpoch Cassette Vision. Even though the game is playable without any knowledge ofJapanese, separate English translation patches by Neokid and Sky Yoshi were released in 2001 and 2016 respectively.
The game will be re-released byHamster for theNintendo Switch 2 andPlayStation 5 as part of theConsole Archives on July 30, 2026.[3] This re-release marks the game's debut outside Japan. As with other Hudson Soft games, it has been licensed byKonami.[4]
In this game, Doraemon must travel through three different chapters to save Nobita and his friends, who have all been kidnapped. Each world is actually a different game with its own style of genre and gameplay system, and was designed by a different lead designer. The first chapter is an action game that takes place in a pioneer that scrolls continuously in four directions. The second chapter is a shooter game that scrolls through the evil den automatically in both horizontal and vertical directions. The third chapter is an aquatic adventure game where each screen scrolls over to the next. Each world must be completed by defeating a boss at the end. Then the player will advance to the next chapter until all three bosses have been vanquished. Power-ups can be obtained in each chapter to increase Doraemon's strength and health meter. One power-up from the next chapter can be found in the first two chapters to give you an advantage when you finally arrive there.
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