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EightMan (1991)

EightMan (1991)

Side view Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Platform Arcade
Arcade Neo Geo AES Neo Geo MVS

Eitoman, Eight Man

Release Date: 1991, January 20
Alternative Titles: Eitoman, Eight Man
Publishers: SNK

Description:

Murdered by criminals, Detective Yokoda's body is retrieved by Professor Tani and taken to his laboratory. There, Tani performs an experiment that has failed seven times; Yokoda is the latest subject to have his life force transferred into an android body. For the first time, the experiment succeeds. Yokoda is reborn as the armor-skinned android 8 Man, able to dash at impossible speeds, as well as shape-shift into other people. He shifts himself into Yokoda, this time christening himself as "Hachiro Azuma". He keeps this identity a secret, known only to Tani and his police boss Chief Tanaka. Even his girlfriend Sachiko and friend Ichiro do not know he is an android. As 8-Man, Hachiro fights crime (even bringing his murderers to justice). He smoked "energy" cigarettes, to rejuvenate his powers, that he carried in a cigarette case on his belt.

Keywords:

brawler superhero side-scrolling