Quirky little action game where you free prisoners. Not the title of the century but the humour and arcade flair are endearing. A pleasant oddity for a casual evening.
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Action1 player7+
Description
Bounty hunters explore stages in a beat'em up-shooter hybrid in this unofficial French edition by World Art. Published by World Art, released in France in March 1995. Stages mixing hand-to-hand combat and shooting, characters with distinct abilities, two-player co-operation. Unofficial French edition.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
The price stems mainly from the artifact: an unofficial French Visco release pressed in a very small run at the tail end of the format's commercial life, long after the official catalog closed. Demand comes from homebrew curiosity and scarce copies rather than any reputation of the game itself. The useful checkpoint is verifying the late pressing and unofficial French sleeve rather than overpaying for mere rarity.
Is Bang^2 Busters still worth playing in 2026?
Bang^2 Busters is a World Art beat 'em up and shooter hybrid, in which bounty hunters explore levels eliminating enemies in an edition that stayed confidential. The genre blend and offbeat mood bring a certain originality, but the modest presentation and an at-times messy gameplay quickly show its limits. Its rarity makes it above all a piece for collectors and the Neo Geo CD catalog-curious. For fans of obscure action games and machine rarities, it is a niche curiosity more than a success.
