09-24-2010, 10:40 AM
Wikipedia says that Bandai released the original Digimon virtual pets on June 26, 1997, but did you know that Bandai released a game involving monsters way back in June 1989.
Wikipedia's Article
For a more in-depth review and more images including the bosses...
It's uncanny just how many parallels there are between Monster Party and Digimon as we know it now. The game stars a kid, Mark, that ends up going to a trippy monster world, and teams up with a monster, Bert, that mysteriously enters the human world. He also fights many weird monsters including what appears to be an early version Pumpkinmon. Plus, the bat creatures in the Level 3 screenshot look kind of like Bakemon.
As for the game itself, I actually own it, but its kind of meh overall. The bosses are all really interesting and the twist in Level 1 is really awesome, but the enemies are kind of cheap and it can be hard to use the boy's bat when you need to reflect attacks.
So, thoughts? Has anyone actually played this game? Does anyone see any other similarities to Digimon in the game?
Wikipedia's Article
For a more in-depth review and more images including the bosses...
It's uncanny just how many parallels there are between Monster Party and Digimon as we know it now. The game stars a kid, Mark, that ends up going to a trippy monster world, and teams up with a monster, Bert, that mysteriously enters the human world. He also fights many weird monsters including what appears to be an early version Pumpkinmon. Plus, the bat creatures in the Level 3 screenshot look kind of like Bakemon.
As for the game itself, I actually own it, but its kind of meh overall. The bosses are all really interesting and the twist in Level 1 is really awesome, but the enemies are kind of cheap and it can be hard to use the boy's bat when you need to reflect attacks.
So, thoughts? Has anyone actually played this game? Does anyone see any other similarities to Digimon in the game?
