Umihara Kawase is an indie developed by TNN, released 23 December 1994 on Super Famicom and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Umihara Kawase is
Umihara Kawase is an indie game developed by TNN and released in 1994. It was published by Degica Games. It is available on Super Famicom and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Umihara Kawase is a 1994 platformer developed and published by Japanese company TNN. It is the inaugural game in the Umihara Kawase series. It was first released in 1994 for the Super Famicom.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Umihara Kawase holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 23 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or faster processor, 1 GB RAM and 256 MB VRAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Umihara Kawase launched on 23 December 1994, within three weeks of Tekken, Breath of Fire II, King's Field and WWF Raw. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Tekken, Breath of Fire II, King's Field, WWF Raw.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Umihara Kawase yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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