Replicart is an arcade developed by Dual Corporation, released 31 December 1987 on Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System and MSX2.
What Replicart is
Replicart is an arcade game developed by Dual Corporation and released in 1987. It was published by Sony. It is available on Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System and MSX2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An upgraded version of the Arcade and mobile phone game Snake developed by Dual, published by Sony for the MSX 2 and later published again by Taito for the Famicom Disk System and PC-88. Replicart takes the basic Snake formula and transforms it, similarly to how other simple Arcade games (like Breakout to Arkanoid) were receiving contemporary make-overs for home console versions that expanded the basic concept and added plenty of extra features. In Replicart, as in Snake, the goal is to move a robotic snake in the four cardinal directions around a single screen level and collect items that will increase the snake's size. Once the snake is long enough the exit will appear and the player will…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Replicart launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
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When did Replicart come out?
Replicart was released on 31 December 1987 for Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System and MSX2.
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