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Chests are scattered throughout the game (some of which are hidden and must be discovered), the majority of which contain coins that add point to the players' scores, but some of them contain power ups and bonuses such as a pill that replenishes the players' energy bars and an enhanced magic sword.
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magazine gave the arcade game an 86% score. Mega Action praised the graphics calling it "wholly impressive" and noting the wide variety of enemies without much repetition in gameplay. They concluded with a review score of 85%. Mega Guide gave a positive review praising the gameplay as "tough and
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unexpectedly attacks, destroying everything in its path. The people of Alurea have lived in peace for a thousand years and have forgotten how to fight, yet the land's only survivors, the twin sons of the king, must take up the challenge and return their kingdom to its former glory. The two twins,
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the game progresses, each of which will cause damage to all enemies on the screen when fired. Only a limited number of these bombs can be carried by the players at a time. The blue twin does more damage with his sword, while the red twin can carry more magic spells at a time.
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aged around 15 at the time the game takes place, venture forth in search of a legendary stone known as "Dragon Blue Eyes", which is rumoured to be able to put everything back to rights.
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gave a review score of 60%; although they called its gameplay "solid", they felt that there were better similar games in the platform genre. Steve
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incredibly addictive" and commented that the main characters are wonderfully animated. The only criticism they had was the game does not have a 2 player mode.
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Each player has an energy bar which is depleted each time contact is made with an enemy or projectile. When the energy reaches zero, the player loses a life.
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Round 1 – the earth—consisting of a forest section and a lava-filled cavern. The goddess Callia is encountered at the end of this level.
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format, but some used the PC-Engine's sound chip. Unlike the
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Round 2 – the heavens—at the end, the Shrine of Meius, the god of the heavens, is reached.
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Round 4, stage 5 – ascent to the top of monster castle.
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622:"Chiki Chiki Boys - The PC Engine Software Bible"
600:"カプコン アーケードオリジナルボード CPSシリーズ+CPSチェンジャー 限定販売決定!!"
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363:was planned and previewed but never released.
289:Round 4, stage 3 – the monster castle dungeon.
286:Round 4, stage 2 – the underwater foundations.
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1025:Cancelled Capcom Power System Changer games
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283:Round 4, stage 1 – jungle/crystal caverns.
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1045:Multiplayer and single-player video games
787:(in Dutch). November 1994. Archived from
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868:"Chiki Chiki Boys Mega Action review"
646:"Chiki Chiki Boys Mega Action review"
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270:The game is made up of nine levels:
543:Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2
534:Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed
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344:port of the game was released by
923:Fountain, Steve (July 7, 1993).
810:Fountain, Steve (July 7, 1993).
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292:Round 4, stage 4 – into the sky.
781:"Power Unlimited Game Database"
348:in 1992 and 1993. Developed by
1080:Video games developed in Japan
610:. Spring 1994. pp. 90–91.
160:Up to 2 players simultaneously
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298:Round 5 – escape to paradise.
732:(in French) (16). April 1993
606:(in Japanese). Vol. 2.
1030:Cancelled ZX Spectrum games
758:(in French). 30 August 2021
361:Capcom Power System Changer
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1055:PlayStation Network games
966:Killer List of Videogames
752:"Chiki Chiki Boys Review"
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853:Computer and Video Games
726:"Chiki Chiki Boy Review"
685:Computer and Video Games
531:The game is included in
511:Computer and Video Games
441:Computer and Video Games
325:in 1991 . Ports for the
1085:Visco Corporation games
1075:Video games about twins
368:PC-Engine Super CD-ROM²
925:"Now you get it on CD"
812:"Now you get it on CD"
82:NEC Avenue (PC Engine)
876:Europress Interactive
654:Europress Interactive
80:(Mega Drive/Genesis)
36:Japanese arcade flyer
846:(16 November 1990).
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539:PlayStation Portable
55:(Mega Drive/Genesis)
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553:, both released in
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1060:Sega Genesis games
1015:Arcade video games
898:"Chiki Chiki Boys"
791:on August 27, 2003
700:"Chiki Chiki Boys"
626:www.pcengine.co.uk
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401:. You can help by
359:A version for the
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66:Publisher(s)
43:Developer(s)
1050:Platformers
1010:Amiga games
937:October 23,
872:Mega Action
824:October 23,
785:powerweb.nl
650:Mega Action
604:Club Capcom
451:Mega Action
431:Publication
335:Amstrad CPC
331:ZX Spectrum
183:, known as
98:Platform(s)
88:Composer(s)
60:(PC Engine)
999:Categories
991:at Jap-Sai
972:Mega Twins
961:Mega Twins
908:October 9,
756:Player One
730:Mega Force
710:October 9,
631:2019-08-19
585:2010-10-27
561:References
475:Player One
467:Mega Force
459:Mega Guide
372:NEC Avenue
315:Mega Twins
180:Mega Twins
115:Mega Drive
58:NEC Avenue
25:Mega Twins
977:MobyGames
762:April 21,
736:April 21,
422:Reception
382:Reception
311:U.S. Gold
246:scrolling
223:in 1990.
171:CP System
73:U.S. Gold
537:for the
462:Positive
319:Atari ST
317:for the
240:Gameplay
193:チキチキボーイズ
151:Platform
146:Genre(s)
111:Atari ST
50:(arcade)
964:at the
233:monster
217:arcades
208:, is a
157:Mode(s)
125:Release
608:Capcom
541:, and
527:Legacy
333:, and
266:Levels
221:Capcom
133:Arcade
103:Arcade
48:Capcom
874:(1).
652:(1).
434:Score
376:CD-DA
323:Amiga
306:Ports
206:Japan
107:Amiga
53:Visco
979:(as
939:2022
910:2021
884:2021
826:2022
797:2022
764:2022
738:2022
712:2021
662:2021
555:2006
551:Xbox
549:and
545:for
346:Sega
321:and
227:Plot
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