1987 · UPL · Arcade · Platformer

Mutant Night

Nintendo console exclusive

Mutant Night is a shoot'em up game of the "run & gun" type : the players controls a walking character shooting at enemies while avoiding their attacks.[4] Unlike most run&gun games, Mutant Night has almost no platform part and the character's shooting power is very limited : short range and not multi-directional, the bubble are always shot in the direction the character is facing.

Released: 1987
Platforms: Arcade Nintendo Switch
Genres: Arcade Platformer Shoot 'em up Shooter
Developers: UPL
Publishers: UPL
Perspective: Third person Side view
Themes: Action Fantasy Science fiction
Country: Japan

About

Mutant Night is a 1987 platform video game developed and published by UPL for arcades. It was initially only released in Japan in December 1987. Hamster Corporation acquired the rights to the game alongside UPL's intellectual property, releasing the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the PlayStation 4 in 2017 and Nintendo Switch in 2021.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
run and gun
psychedelic
surreal

Media

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Gameplay

Mutant Night is a platform game where the player controls Mutron-kun, a small alien, as he defeats enemies by shooting bubbles at them while avoiding his attacks. Power ups are available in the form of small pink pods on the grounds which, when shots release a colored orb into the air, can do of the following: make Mutron-kun very large and indestructible for the short period, transform Mutron-kun into multiple creatures, award extra points or grant increased fire power in a scatter shot pattern. By pressing the jump button multiple times while still in the air, Mutron-kun can chain several jumps, reach higher positions and float in the air. Bonus colored orbs that grant points, released from the pink pods, immediately float away, forcing the player to jump higher to reach them. Mutron-kun can navigate through the air by repeated jumping for a long time, before a short fatigue renders him temporarily vulnerable to attacks.