Cyber Knight

Cyber Knight
Cyber Knight
	Super NES cover art
Developer(s)	Group SNE
Publisher(s)	Tonkin House
Designer(s)	Ryo Mizuno (SFC)
Artist(s)	Kunio Okawara (SFC); Vegeta Kiyochan (SFC)
Composer(s)	Super Famicom: ; Michiharu Hasuya ; Osamu Kasai ; Junko Yokoyama
Series	Cyber Knight
Platform(s)	PC Engine, Super Famicom
Release	PC Engine: JP: October 10, 1990; Super Famicom: JP: October 30, 1992;
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Cyber Knight (サイバーナイト, Saibā Naito)^[1] is a science fiction PC Engine and Super Famicom role-playing video game that combines sci-fi space exploration with strategic robot combat. This game is intended for experienced role-playing gamers only. The random encounters are high even for a Japanese role-playing game with a mid-to-late 1992 Super Famicom release date (e.g., Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride) and the combat sequences (using melee attacks in addition to missiles and guns) are extremely slow. Two years later, a sequel was released for this game titled Cyber Knight II: Chikyū Teikoku no Yabō. The games were only released commercially in Japan, however there are a fan-translations from Japanese to English by Aeon Genesis.

Gameplay[edit]

The object is to power up the human crew members and their mechs through combat experience points, explore strange new worlds using tools/weapons, and solve the problems of each alien civilization. The first mission involves saving an Earth-like planet of big people with a circa 1992 technology level from robots who want to wipe out humanity. On that planet, the president and his wife assume the throne positions of that of a king and a queen, even though their planet is assumed to be a democracy. Other quests involving trading stuff for a universal translator, braving a lava planet, and even using hyperdrive to get from planet to planet.

Reception[edit]

On release, Famitsu magazine scored the PC Engine version of the game a 30 out of 40.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Japanese-to-English Translations of Super Famicom video games". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
^ お買い物に便利 : 新作ゲームクロスレビュー - サイバーナイト. Famicom Tsushin. No.22. Pg.17. 26 October 1990.
^ 30 Point Plus: サイバーナイト. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.336. Pg.31. 26 May 1995.

External links[edit]

[1] "Japanese-to-English Translations of Super Famicom video games". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-03-18.

[2] お買い物に便利 : 新作ゲームクロスレビュー - サイバーナイト. Famicom Tsushin. No.22. Pg.17. 26 October 1990.

[3] 30 Point Plus: サイバーナイト. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.336. Pg.31. 26 May 1995.

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