Rastan Saga 2

Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:Rastan Saga II (c) 1989 Taito.The sequel to Rastan. Defeat the monsters with various attack methods and three different weapons!In the land of Rastania stands a most sacred shrine called Sky Scraper. It is said that the man who rules Sky Scraper rules the Earth. An evil tribe is now trying to invade this holy place so that they might rule. To protect the shrine, a courageous young man has challenged the invaders…- TECHNICAL -Taito B System hardwareProm Sticker: B81Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)Players: 2Control: 8-way joystickButtons: 2- TRIVIA -Even if the title screen says 1988, Rastan Saga II was released in March 1989 in Japan.Rastan Saga was a good game, but this sequel was not and got very bad reputation from Japanese gamers.This game is known outside Japan as “Nastar” and in US as “Nastar Warrior”.Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Taito DJ Station: G.S.M. Taito 5 – PCCB-00037) on August 21, 1990.Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L’ab-normal 1st – ZTTL-0038) on April 1, 1999.- TIPS AND TRICKS -* INSTRUCTIONS:Press Up and Attack to perform an upwards attack. Press Down and Attack to perform a low attack. Hold down the Jump button for a higher Jump. If your life bar runs out, you will lose a life. Collect items and weapons to gain more power. You always start each stage equipped with a sword and shield. * WEAPONS LIST:Sword & Shield: Normal Power/Normal Speed/Normal RangeLong Sword: High Power/Slow Speed/Long RangeIron Claw: Low Power/Fast Speed/Short Range* ITEMS LIST:Crest of Flame: Shoot fireballs from your swordCrest of Time: Increases time by 50 secondsCrest of Thunder: Shoots thunderbolts from swordCrest of Champions: Destroys all on-screen enemiesHydra Fang: Gives you a skeleton shieldWizard’s Cape: You take half damage from enemiesHarpy Wing: Increases speedBlue Power Star: Recover 1 physical strengthYellow Power Star: Recover 3 physical strengthRed Power Star: Recover full physical strengthGreen Jewel: Turns all enemies into Blue Power StarsWise Man’s Stone: Upgrade your character’s level by 1* LEVEL SELECT:Boot machine with service switch pressed.Message appears: SERVICE SWITCH ERROR, press 1p Start(x3), service switch, 1p Start.Message appears: SELECT BY DOWN SW, select level with joystick Down/Up and push Start button.