Amagon - for NES

Amagon is a 1988 platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Aicom and published by Vic Tokai. You play the most decorated Marine of the lot, sent by his commander to investigate a strange, monster infested island in the South Pacific that no man has ever left alive. His plane crash lands on the beachhead, a machine gun is his only weapon, and his rescue ship is waiting on the far side of the island. What sets Amagon apart from other NES action games of the period is its hero's second talent: he can transform into the huge Megagon and fight with his fists.

Amagon is a single player game that moves left to right across the island, with limited ammunition to manage and plenty of creatures that do not care how decorated you are. Collecting the right items lets you become Megagon, who hits far harder and can absorb punishment that would end Amagon's run, so holding that power until the right moment is one of the game's real decisions. The transformation does not last forever either. Spend it early and the next stretch becomes a careful crawl; save it and you can smash straight through the part that has been stopping you.

Amagon has a reputation among NES players as one of the tougher platformers on the system, and that is a good part of its appeal: it is short, it is mean, and it keeps asking you to choose between being a man with a gun and being a giant. Collectors know it as one of Vic Tokai's more distinctive NES releases, a late 1980s action game with an idea nobody else quite copied. Amagon is worth owning for the Megagon transformation alone, and worth replaying for the satisfaction of finally reaching that rescue ship.

• Genre: Platformer
• Players: 1
• Region: NTSC
• Release Year: 1988
• Developer: Aicom

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