Momotaro Dentetsu
The first in Hudson's series of train-themed video board games which was released on the Famicom in Japan only on December 2nd 1988. Momotaro Dentetsu ("Momotaro's Railway") is a train-themed board game…
Momotaro Dentetsu is a quiz/trivia developed by Hudson Soft, released 2 January 1989 on Family Computer.
What Momotaro Dentetsu is
Momotaro Dentetsu is a quiz/trivia game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 1989. It is available on Family Computer only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The first in Hudson's series of train-themed video board games which was released on the Famicom in Japan only on December 2nd 1988. Momotaro Dentetsu ("Momotaro's Railway") is a train-themed board game featuring the folklore hero of Momotaro, the Peach Boy. It is the first in Hudson's long-running series of the same name. The goal is for each player to drive a train around a board by rolling a die and trying to make as much money as possible, a la board games like Monopoly or the Game of Life. The game and its series is not to be confused with Momotaro Densetsu, an earlier RPG from Hudson featuring the same characters.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Momotaro Densetsu series
Momotaro Dentetsu is the second of 64 entries we hold in the Momotaro Densetsu series. It arrived a year after Peachboy Legend. The next entry was Super Momotaro Dentetsu in 1989.
What it launched against
Momotaro Dentetsu launched on 2 January 1989, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
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