Hi no Tori: Houou-hen
Phoenix is about reincarnation. Each story generally involves a search for immortality, embodied by the blood of the eponymous bird of fire, which, as drawn by Tezuka, resembles the Fenghuang. The blood is…
5 April 1987
Hi no Tori: Houou-hen is a shooter developed by Konami, released 5 April 1987 on MSX2.
What Hi no Tori: Houou-hen is
Hi no Tori: Houou-hen is a shooter game developed by Konami and released in 1987. It is available on MSX2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It is said that there is a miraculous bird, which keeps on burning its eternal life, even exceeding distant time. That bird shines in paradise and bursts into flames in hell. It resembles some beautiful flames, like a bewitching illusion. People call this legendary bird "Firebird", which has continued to watch over all living things since the moment the universe was created……… Now the look of the "Firebird" has fallen upon a sinful and lonely man called Gao. He was born blind in one eye and he lost an arm because of a villager but he went on anyway. Gao grew up and as a result of even murdering people without hesitation and carrying on with his life accordingly, he was expelled from the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Phoenix series
Hi no Tori: Houou-hen is the second of 2 entries we hold in the Phoenix series. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
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When did Hi no Tori: Houou-hen come out?
Hi no Tori: Houou-hen was released on 5 April 1987 for MSX2.
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