1991 · ZOOM · Platformer · Strategy

Genocide 2

Nintendo console exclusive

Master of the Dark Communion is a sequel to Genocide. The game features side-scrolling action similar to the original, albeit with much more emphasis on platforming segments. Tracer is equipped with a default melee weapon and can use the powerful eight-directional capsule Betty right from the beginning of the game. Jumping and double-jumping abilities are required to navigate many hazardous areas.

Released: 7 December 1991
Platforms: MS-DOS SNES Sharp X68000
Genres: Platformer Strategy
Developers: ZOOM
Publishers: Kotobuki Systems ZOOM Mantra
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Science fiction

About

ZOOM Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ズーム, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Zūmu) is a Japanese video game company based in Sapporo. The company was started by Akira Sato and initially produced a few titles for the X68000 system including Lagoon and Phalanx.

In April 1993, Zoom established a joint venture with Imagineer before it was disbanded in January 1995; together they had released a Super Famicom baseball game, Dolucky no Kusayakiu, which was slated for an American release as Zoo Ball but was cancelled. They developed a fighting game as a PlayStation launch title, Zero Divide, as well as an adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Gekitōhen, and later developed Mister Mosquito on PlayStation 2.

›Story

In 228, the rogue unit Tracer Type 184 (codenamed Goliath), a highly sophisticated fighter mecha protects the city from evil. The CONEX corporation is developing an unknown weapon and the bionic soldier Jeff Hazard, on board of his powerful robot-warrior, is sent to investigate the situation.