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Platform
Arcade
Genres
Shooter · Platformer
Developers
Data East
Publishers
Data East
Release date
June 10, 1991

Summary

Rohga: Armor Force feels like a hybrid of a side‑scroll shooter and a platformer, but with a twist: you pilot a fully‑customizable mech. I love how the game lets you hover along slanted walls, jump onto higher platforms, and even duck while firing at a 45‑degree angle. The four mech chassis—standard walker, hover unit, four‑legged beast, and six‑wheeled tank—each change how you move and what weapons you can equip, from rapid‑fire Vulcans to shotgun‑like cluster shots and a powerful grenade gun that can wipe out enemy fire.

The arcade’s setting jumps from the Australian coast to the streets of Sydney, then branches into a maze of alternate routes that lead to New Zealand’s varied locales. Along the way, friendly Oceanic troops latch onto your mech with rifles and jet packs, covering blind spots until a single hit knocks them off. When your mech’s eight health points are gone, you eject and continue on foot, now a one‑hit‑kill but still armed with any pickups you grabbed. The result is a fast‑paced, strategic run‑and‑gun experience that rewards both reflexes and clever load‑out choices.

Storyline

Two years after the 1999 military occupation of New York City, the shadowy group Ragnarok—also known as DAGGER—vanished following an airborne defeat. In the meantime, mech technology exploded worldwide, with the largest production plants located across Oceania.

The now‑resurgent Ragnarok storms the factories and cities of Australia and New Zealand, intent on seizing every unfinished, ultra‑deadly mech for its own chaotic purposes. The United States Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force assemble an elite strike team, recruiting the best mech pilots. In Rohga: Armor Force (often just called Rohga), players take the helm of those pilots, fighting to liberate Australia—or, depending on choices, New Zealand.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Developers
Data East
Machine Style
Upright

Alternative Titles

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