0 to Z of Playstation 1 Games - 70s Robot Anime: Geppy-X

         

70s Robot Anime: Geppy-X is an anime style side scrolling action shooter game, developed and published by Aroma, which was released only in Japan on May 27^th, 1999

70s Robot Anime: Geppy-X is an anime shooter that is humorously set up like a TV show with intro theme songs and commercial breaks. You control 6 different robots, each with a main weapon and a secondary weapon. Your robot is capable of a super attack when your power gauge fills up.

The game is parody of the 70s Super Robot anime shows the game takes up a massive 4 discs with the story revolving hero Kei alongside Jin and Riki and their allies who face off against the invading forces of the space devil empire and their massive legions of Space Beasts.

The games story is set up like an actual anime with an open theme to before the start of each level. Anime style cutscenes as well as stock footage the game also includes commercial breaks between missions like a real tv show.

Once again a real lack of reviews for this game as a result we once again head to GameFAQs for the user ratings, 70s Robot Anime: Geppy-X has so far received 29 user reviews averaging a rating of 3.81/5, overall a pretty well received game with 31% giving the game a full 5/5  the same number awarded the game a 4/5, with the majority of ratings coming in at 3.5/5 and 4.5/5 however there were some blips in the games reception with 13.79% awarding the game only 0.5/5.

This is the part of 0 to Z where is visit five online retailers and see what the availability of the title is, and what price you would be looking at if you wanted to pick this title up, the sites that I will be using for this are Amazon.com,  eStarland.com, retrogames.co.uk and Gamedude.com I know the last one is very location specific but from a podcast I listen to and  I have heard they have a huge stock of older games, I will also be including Ebay.com as well

So lets get down to business with Gamedude who sadly don’t stock this game no surprise seeing as this is a Japan only release likewise Retrogames.co.uk and eStarland don’t stock the game as well, so lets switch focus to Amazon.com and get your wallets out this is going to be pricy.

If you are looking for a good quality used copy of 70s Robot Anime: Geppy-X which can only be purchased by importing from Japan will set you back a minimum of $119.56 which is £92.13 in the UK and €102.19 in the Euro Zone on a plus many of the sellers do offer free shipping.

Those prices however are nothing on what a new copy of the game will set you back with prices starting at $440.27 which converts to £339.27 in the UK while in the EU zone you will be looking at a minimum of €376.17, prices for a new copy go as high as $601 + $10 for shipping definitely a collectors game, Ebay is similarly priced to Amazon  with the limited stock available priced between $137.76 up to $242.94.

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P J Gibbon