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Instruction booklet · November 1993

BioMetal

Shooter1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

BioMetal is a side-scrolling shooter game. Their are two pairs, one for lasers and the other for missiles, of three upgrades for your weapons. The war that divided the galaxy and used all it's resources has ended. A fleet was sent on a mission to find more natural resources. They never returned. Their last transmission reveals that the enemy' created one last experiment.

Specifications

Released
November 1993
Developer
Athena
Publisher
Activision
Players
1
Genre
Shooter
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
BioMetal
Themes
Action · Science fiction
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What the magazines said

6
EGM · one reviewer
6
5
6
5
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
60/100 (5 ratings)
AllGame
1.5/5
GamesMaster
64%
Hyper
71%
Official Nintendo Magazine
83/100
Super Play
71%
Total!
80%
Electronic Games
77%
Games World
53/100
Hippon Super!
6/10
Marukatsu Super Famicom
7/10, 7/10, 8/10, 6/10
Nintendo Magazine System
53/100
Super Action
70%
Super Control
44%
The Super Famicom
64/100
Super Gamer
80%
Super Pro
70/100
VideoGames
8/10
BE KIND, REWINDNovember 1993
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Week of November 5, 1993
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