Tech Romancer is a 1998 3D fighting arcade game by Capcom that draws heavily from the various subgenres of mecha anime. It has been ported to the Dreamcast console. The player controls a giant robot which is used to fight another robot in one-on-one combat. Studio Nue (the animation studio responsible for the mechanical designs for many anime series including The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Gunbuster, and Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory) designed the robots in this game. The setting of Tech Romancer takes place in a far future of Earth, where advanced technology have made things calm and decent for the citizens of Japan and the rest of the world. However, the peace doesn't last long as an evil alien tyrant named Goldibus invades the planet with its loyal followers and seeks to conquer the world while enslaving the human race with an emotionless iron fist. An unlikely group of heroes band together to fight against the threat of Goldibus with their own unique mecha robots and all of them won't rest until Goldibus is defeated and the world is safe from the imminent danger.
FightingActionScience fictionanimemechrobotsgame title announcerpolygonal 3dvmu supportArcade, Dreamcast
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Plot-driven, resolved, earnest and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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- Platforms
- Arcade, Dreamcast
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Capcom
- Released
- September 14, 1998
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
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