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Hottaaman no Chisoko Tanken

Players get to dig up dirt beneath the surface, find keys behind four doors, and then find the door to the next level. The most obvious game to compare it to is Dig Dug, but without the boulders and with…

6 January 1986

Hottaaman no Chisoko Tanken is an arcade, released 6 January 1986 on Family Computer.

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What Hottaaman no Chisoko Tanken is

Hottaaman no Chisoko Tanken was released in 1986. It was published by Use. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Players get to dig up dirt beneath the surface, find keys behind four doors, and then find the door to the next level. The most obvious game to compare it to is Dig Dug, but without the boulders and with various devices like teleporting doors, speed, dynamite, and a wet suit. There are 15 levels in the entire game; which repeat themselves after the 15th level is finished. Lava can spew out at a vertical direction towards the player and kill him; it does not reset itself even after the players loses a life (but it does reset itself after a game over) Passwords are activated by pressing a certain button combination on the password screen. Several passwords results in cheat codes that does…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Hottaaman no Chisoko Tanken launched on 6 January 1986, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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When did Hottaaman no Chisoko Tanken come out?
Hottaaman no Chisoko Tanken was released on 6 January 1986 for Family Computer.

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