In the oversees version its just a “GO” arrow but in the Japanese version the arrow flips over and reveals “TO HELL”, pretty clever. A lot of Japanese companies were concerned with offending anyone in America back then so this kind of censorship was very common.Īnother change involves when the game prompts you to continue moving to the right to progress through the stage. In the Japanese version when he ends his attack he flashes a cross but in the oversees version the cross is changed to a blue gem. other changes include missing between level cut screens and the censoring of the character Christopher’s move. It doesn’t really effect much as far as game play goes but the over the top horror atmosphere takes a hit from it. The oversees version had the gore turned down and most of the blood was colored from red to green. Mostly they are identical games besides some superficial censoring. The version I’ll be reviewing here is the Japanese version since I feel it is the superior of the two as far as atmosphere goes. Hong-Hua is the fast and agile female character that every beat-em-up of the era required. Jake is a reject from a failed 80’s hair band that happened to have giant cyborg arms. The “Night Slashers”, yea, sounds more like a trio of serial killers then monster slaying hero’s.Ĭhristopher is a Billy Ray Cyrus look alike vampire hunter, hes the most balanced character.
Zombies, mutants and monsters of all sorts have overrun the earths armies and mankind is being slowly eradicated with only a few remaining outposts.įirst lets take A look at our three intrepid hero’s which are all selectable playable characters. The world has been overrun by the undead. The plot of the game is pretty sparse as to be expected from a arcade game and especially a beat-em-up.
There are two versions of this game, one released in Japan and then an oversees version with the various censoring that I’ll get into. The game also has a pretty high gore level for the time as well as a pretty excellent sound track. What sets Night Slashers apart from other games is its excellently executed horror theme featuring various monsters such as zombies, werewolves and vampires.
The game is your basic beat-em-up where you scroll from left to right beating the hell out of everything in your path.
Night Slashers is a 1993 Arcade release from Date East which has as far as I can tell no ports to any other system. I was immediately captivated by the amazing horror atmosphere and game play. I came across Night Slashers as a young man at a local amusement parks arcade.
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