Ludography
Rohga: Armor Force cover

1992 · Port · Data East · Shooter · Platformer

Rohga: Armor Force

Port

A good-looking horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with a few unique features that make it stand out in the crowd.

Released
1 February 1992
Platforms
ArcadePlayStationSega Saturn
Genres
ShooterPlatformer
Developers
Data East
Publishers
Data East
Modes
Co-opLocal multiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionScience fiction

About

Rohga: Armor Force, released in Japan as Wolf Fang, is a 1992 run and gun video game developed and published by Data East for arcades. It is branded as a sequel to Vapor Trail and was itself followed by Skull Fang.

›Story

Two years have passed since the military occupation of New York City in 1999 and since then Ragnarok (aka: DAGGER) - the organization responsible for the events - have disappeared following their air borne destruction. During that time, mech technology has been the boom of future military projects worldwide with the biggest factories residing in Oceania. These mechs become the main target of Ragnarok when it resurfaces and claims the military factories and cities of Australia and New Zealand. Their plan is to apparently use any and all of the deadliest mechs that have not yet reached completion to their chaotic liking.

The USAF and RAAF organize a strike force to reclaim major attacked points in the two countries with the assistance of the best mech operators they can find. Players then assume the role of mech-fighters who aim to liberate Australia or, depending on the player's actions, New Zealand.

Keywords

  • shoot 'em up
  • side-scrolling
  • shared screen
  • auto-scrolling levels

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Rohga: Armor Force is an unusual scrolling horizontal shooter. Because the players control a mech, the players can hover against slanted walls in the background and occasionally land on higher platforms. Players are set with controls similar to a platformer as they face whichever horizontal direction they choose, can duck, aim their gun upwards at a 45 degree angle, and jump. Players can also move and aim their gun in different directions by holding the firing button down.

Players start along the shores of Australia and proceed to Sydney before being allowed to choose where to go from there. If players continue to explore Australia, then they will have a variety of places to choose from while if they pick New Zealand then they will have even more, different levels to choose from with different settings.

Story

Two years have passed since the military occupation of New York City in 1999, after which Ragnarok (also known as DAGGER), the organization responsible for the events, disappeared following their airborne destruction. During that time, mech technology became central to military projects worldwide, with major factories located in Oceania. Ragnarok later resurfaced, taking control of military factories and cities in Australia and New Zealand to utilize incomplete mechs.

The USAF and RAAF organize a strike force to reclaim major attacked points in the two countries with the assistance of the best mech operators they can find. Players then assume the role of mech-fighters who aim to liberate Australia or, depending on the player's actions, New Zealand.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Rohga: Armor Force on their March 15, 1992 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu gave the PlayStation version of the game a score of 22 out of 40.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade1 February 1992Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Included in
Windjammers, Karnov & Friends
Part of
Wolf Fang: Kuhga 2001

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Collections3 collections

Platform libraries

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