Higemaru - Pirate Ship (c) 1984 Capcom.
Take on the role of Momotaro who must launch barrels at enemies to stop the evil Higemaru pirates.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32
Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in September 1984.
This game features one of the first game soundtracks composed by Tamayo Kawamoto, who made also other Capcom 80's BGM. She now works at Taito : she's a member of Zuntata, the popular (well, in Japan) Taito band where she plays keyboards.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Higemaru - Pirate Ship (1984)
2. Higemaru Makaijima - Nanatsu no Shima Daibouken (1987, Nintendo Famicom)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Staff : Tokuro Fujiwara, Toshio Arima, T. Hara, Y. Maki, Ayano Mori, K. Kamimori, H. Fujinaka, Yoshiki Okamoto, R. Miyamoto
Music composed by : Tamayo Kawamoto

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation (1998, 'Capcom Generation 3')
Sega Saturn (1998, 'Capcom Generation 3')
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, 'Capcom Classics Collection')
Microsoft XBOX (2005, 'Capcom Classics Collection')
Sony PSP (2006, 'Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded')
* Computers :
MSX2

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.