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Name: Panorama Cotton
Author/Vendor: Systemsoft
Released: 1994
Type: Shooter
Language: Japanese
Premise: A 3D first-person perspective arcade shooter whose plot concerns the misadventures of a superdeformed red-headed witch. This was but one of many products inspired by a well-known and popular Japanese manga character.
Impressions: Gameplay is actually halfway decent, with lots of oncoming stuff to dodge and shoot. Lots of powerups, and options which can fly in different formations. Graphically, this game is astounding - from the picturesque anime-style cinemas to its polygonal scrolling backgrounds. Unfortunately, the scaling is rather choppy - as is common with games of this type. It's no competition for the SNES StarFox, but man - it was oh-so-cool for the time.
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Recommended Emu: Genecyst X (has noticable problems with the backgrounds)