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Tengai 1996 Psikyo

1996

Tengai (c) 1996 Psikyo.
Nice horizontal shoot'em up with 5 selectable characters who have their own storyline and ending.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YMF278B (@ 33.8688 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.30 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2 (FIRE, SPECIAL)

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in April 1996.
The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Beyond The Heavens'.
This game is known in Japan as 'Sengoku Blade - Sengoku Ace Episode II'.
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 3 smileys, and 'THAT all IS all WRONG' appears.
Soundtrack releases :
Sengoku Blade / Psikyo [Pony Canyon / Scitron - PCCB-00216 - May 17, 1996]

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Extra Features : if you hold Test Button + PL1 Button 1 during boot, you get extra options in the test menu. A level skip, BG test usually etc...
* Play As Ayin : at the character selection screen, highlight the [?] and press Up(X3), Down(X3), Up(X7) and Ayin will appear.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Samurai Aces (1993)
2. Tengai (1996)
3. Sengoku Cannon - Sengoku Ace Episode III (2005, Sony PSP)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Composed by : Masaki Izutani

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega Saturn (1996)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, 'Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 2')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.

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