Spring is upon us, and because of that I haven’t been playing to many video games this spring break. I have been outside enjoying the unusually warm weather. The warm clear days gave me a great idea for this weeks Throwback Thursday,
Boktai
The sun is in your hands
This game is very interesting, and unique. It was the first of its kind because of the technology inside the cartridge. This game used a solar sensor to power your characters main weapon, the Gun Del Sol (solar gun). Now this game didn’t just encourage you to go out side and play it, it was required at times. You would use the power of the sun to recharge your gun to fight. If by chance you ran out of sun you were SOL. Now don;t worry this game is playable at night time. When playing the game there was a bar on the bottom of your screen indicating the amount of sun the cartridge was picking up. This acted like a battery storing sunlight to be used later in case it got shady or you wanted to play before bed or something. Another cool feature of the game is the fact that is had an internal clock that would effect game play. If you were playing at night different enemies would become active than if you played in the daytime. This game is also make by Konami, the makers of metal gear, so there is also a stealth aspect if you want to conserve your sun powers.
This silly cartoon shows hot the game works and the cool small details are in the game. Even thought this game is cool and original you can still find copies of the game at gamestops or other used game stores. I’m sure you can find an emulator for it but it loses a lot of the fun when you cant actually charge the game up in the sun. Regardless give this game a try if you can get your hands on it. Enjoy
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