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Fuzzical Fighter (Japan)

NES / Famicom
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1990
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✪ Reviewed on February 22, 2023
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A hybrid shooter mixing aerial combat and ground phases. Atypical and original concept for NES. Uneven execution but the ambition is there. A catalogue curiosity for genre fans.

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Category
RPG 1 player 7+
Description
SF vertical shoot-'em-up featuring a ship battling mechanical armies in colorful space. Published by Taito, released in Japan in 1990. Ship in top-down view in colorful space, power-ups to collect and massive bosses. A little-known original vertical shooter on Famicom.

Fuzzical Fighter review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,12 MB 📅29/06/1990
Published by Sigma

Fuzzical Fighter (NES) price, value & rarity

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 $29 Q6 complete
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Is Fuzzical Fighter still worth playing in 2026?

A sci-fi vertical shoot-em-up published by Taito, Fuzzical Fighter sends a ship against mechanical armies across colorful levels with snappy shooting and varied power-ups. The sustained pace, the readability and the space mood make it an honest vertical shooter, in the genre's good tradition on the machine. The presentation stays decent and the difficulty tough, without real originality. A curiosity for fans of overlooked NES vertical shooting and explorers of the console's Famicom catalog.

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