Chuka Taisen [Model DTF-CW]

中華大仙 © 1989 Taito Corporation.
(Chuka Taisen)

Chuka Taisen is a side scrolling shooter, conversion of Taito's arcade game originally released in 1988. The game takes place in ancient China and features a young red-haired character on a floating cloud. The boy is on a journey throughout the world to become the greatest wizard and the game's theme is unmistakably inspired by the classical Chinese novel Monkey King (known in China as Xi You Ji or Journey to the West). Our hero starts his journey with weak energy-balls (probably coming from his inner Ki energy). He will however find various upgrades and other weapons along the way to fight back the increasingly stronger foes and reinforcements coming his way. Some enemies release red jars when destroyed - these can upgrade his primary weapon or make him fly faster. Mid round bosses give access to special shops where secondary weapons can be equipped - they are free for the picking but only one can be used at the same time. These include Dragon Fire, three way fireballs, Bombs and so forth.

Chuka Taisen features six long stages to play in total.