Rent-A-Hero
Rent A Hero is an action role-playing video game series released by Sega for the Mega Drive console in 1991 with a large emphasis on humor. The game features the same graphic engine previously used in the…
Rent-A-Hero is a fighting developed by Sega AM2, released 20 September 1991 on Wii and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Rent-A-Hero is
Rent-A-Hero is a fighting game developed by Sega AM2 and released in 1991. It was published by Sega. It is available on Wii and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Taro Yamada lives in the town of Corja in Japan with his mother, eccentric father and younger sister Alyssa; the family moved there after his father changed jobs. He received his Combat Armor by accident during their house-warming party, when he ordered pizza from 'Sensational Cafeteria' or SECA and instead received the Rent-A-Hero suit. After realizing the suit gave him incredible strength and that he is required to pay for the armor, Taro decides to become a hero for hire, performing various heroic tasks and odd-jobs for the townspeople of Corja.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Rent-A-Hero launched on 20 September 1991, within three weeks of Super Ghouls'n Ghosts and Road Rash.
Released around the same time: Super Ghouls'n Ghosts, Road Rash.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Remakes
Quick answers
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