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Heavy Barrel (Japan)

NES / Famicom
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1990
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Heavy Barrel ports the Data East arcade run and gun on NES with its commando assembling the mythic Heavy Barrel weapon to defeat terrorists. The representation offers vertical scrolling with two player coop and modular weapons in a nervous arcade port formula. Honest for NES run and gun fans in the 8 bit Data East production vein.

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Category
Action 1 player 12+ Co-op
Description
Console port of Data East's overhead run and gun, where mercenaries rebuild a giant weapon to retake a nuclear base. Published by Data East, released in 1990 in Japan. Top-down action, six weapon parts to collect, rifles and flamethrowers. Japanese Famicom version.

Heavy Barrel review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,11 MB 📅16/03/1990
Published by Data East

Heavy Barrel (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $41 Q6 complete
 $100 Q10 new
 $321 !
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Other versions
Heavy Barrel
USA
01/02/1990
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Collector interest

The Famicom conversion of Data East's arcade run and gun draws collectors mainly through its relative scarcity in Japan, where the cabinet was less of a household name than its Western ports. The six-piece weapon assembly remains a design curiosity, and the Famicom cartridge rarely surfaces outside Japan, sustaining a value clearly above the NES release in complete condition.

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