When did Neon Genesis Evangelion come out?

Neon Genesis Evangelion was released on 25 June 1999 for Nintendo 64.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (1999) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Neon Genesis Evangelion

This game is an interactive adaptation of Neon Genesis Evangelion for N64. Called Shinseki Evangelion in Japan, the Gainax-produced anime series originally aired from October '95 to March '96 and soon spawned…

25 June 1999

What Neon Genesis Evangelion is

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a fighting game developed by Bandai and released in 1999. It is available on Nintendo 64 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This game is an interactive adaptation of Neon Genesis Evangelion for N64. Called Shinseki Evangelion in Japan, the Gainax-produced anime series originally aired from October '95 to March '96 and soon spawned a feature movie release in '97. The N64 game starts in the year 2015, 15 years after Second Impact. The Angels have returned and suddenly attack Tokyo-3. Using so-called "terror-fields" that cannot be penetrated by ordinary weapons, the Angels are taking on every human force sent out to oppose them. That's where you come in. As the pilot of the NERV-designed Evangelions, Shinji Ikari, you take your giant humanoid combat mech into battle with the Angels. Gameplay can best be described…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Neon Genesis Evangelion series

Neon Genesis Evangelion is the seventh of 32 entries we hold in the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. It arrived 11 months after Neon Genesis Evangelion: Eva to Yukai na Nakamatachi. The next entry was Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shito Ikusei in 1999.

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