I'm aware of the Super Famicom version, Megadrive, and the sega saturn Leynos 2. Are there any other versions of this game I missed? An arcade board?
There's Assault Suit Valken for SFC and Assault Suit Leynos for the MD. Then Leynos 2 for the Saturn. Finally, there was some crappy-looking PSX sequel which is categorized as an RPG and then the remake of the SFC game for the PS2 which was pretty lame. It was more of a port than a remake.
I think Vixen 357 for Mega Drive is a part of the series too. Although it's a turn based strategy RPG. There's also a game for PS1 called Assault Suits Valken 2, I think it's a a strategy game aswell.
And don't forget Konami's cash in. We all know that the Assault Suit games are made by NCS Masiya (Nippon Computer Systems) but Konami released the first SFC game Assault Suit Valken as Cybernator and completely censored it. Gone is the president blowing his own brains out near the end of thegame. Gone are the anime caharcter picvtures and gone is the cool ending. Wankers. Anyway, Lucas Arts made an unofficial follow up to the SFC game which Konami released as Metal warriors (I think it was called that) saying it was the official follow up to Cybernator. Of course this was only released in the west. Yakumo
Didn't know so much was taken out from Cybernator. I'll have to play the original. I assume taking out the bit with the president was Ninty's doing but why remove the Anime characters? And was the ending offensive or something? I really liked Metal Warriors. May have been because I played it before any of the real Assault Suits games though. Still the best of the series IMO is Leynoss 2 on the Sat. Just the graphics alone make it worth a purchase.
Actually, I think NCS Masaya began the work with Metal Warriors but let Lucas Arts continue for some reason.
As a fan of the series and owner of most of these games heres what I've been able to compile. Mega Drive/Genesis: Assault Suits Leynos/Target Earth SFC/SNES: Assault Suits Valken/Cybernator SNES: Metal Warriors (Unofficial follow up) Sega Saturn: Assault Suits Leynos II Sony PlayStation: Assault Suits Valken II Sony PS2: Assault Suits Valken remake Loosely related or similar Mega Drive: Vixen 357 (NCS) NES: Metal Storm (iRem) This is so much like an AS title that it has to have been influential in the creation of the AS series. Just my opinion here.
