Blazing Lazers

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Blazing Lazers Gunhed
Blazing Lazers
System(s): PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U)
Publisher: Hudson Soft NEC Home Electronics (USA) Konami
Developer: Compile
Licensor: Toho, Sunrise
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1989-07-07 ¥5,8005,800 HC89019 US 1989-12 TGX030010 JP ▼ 2008-06-17 600pts600 US ▼ 2007-05-21 600pts600 EU ▼ 2007-05-25 600pts600 AU ▼ 2007-08-03 600pts600 JP ▼ 2014-06-11 ¥581 (628)628i US ▼ 2017-05-18 $5.995.99 EU ▼ 2017-06-08 €5.995.99 DE ▼ 2017-06-08 €5.995.99 UK ▼ 2017-06-08 £5.395.39

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Blazing Lazers (ブレイジングレーザーズ) is a shoot-'em-up released for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16. It was originally released as Gunhed (ガンヘッド) in Japan, as a tie-in to a 1989 film of the same name.

History

Legacy

Blazing Lazers was used for future re-releases of the game in Japan, including the Virtual Console on Wii and Wii U and the PC Engine mini.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Blazing Lazers	Blazing Lazers
Japanese	ガンヘッド	Gunhed

Production credits

• Programmer: Jemini Hirono, Pochi Nakamori
• Designer: Janus Teramoto, Zash.Pri.Pri, Nakashima Puppy
• Composer: Miyamo, J.T.S, Mats, Sydon, Ozono, Takeuchi
• Director: Mikio Ueyama, Tadayuki Kawada, Moo Niitani
• Producer: Hidethoshi Endo, Eiji Aoyama
• Special Thanks: Best Friends In Sapporo, John A. Greiner, Rice Grounds, Mizutan, Healthy Toyama, And You !
• Cooperator: Compile

(C) 1989 Hudson Soft

1989 (C) Toho Sunrise

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Digital manuals

• 

  PC Engine mini US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Blazing Lazers/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PC Engine version

NEC Retro Average
Publication Score Source Complete Guide to Consoles 93 №1, p81 Computer Entertainer 88 №8.08, p10 Computer & Video Games 96 №94, p100 Computer & Video Games 94 №137, p26 Excalibur 68 №17, p12 Zero 91 №1, p63

	88
Based on 6 reviews

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card File:BlazingLazers PCE HuCard JP Manual.pdf Manual

TurboGrafx-16 version

TurboGrafx-16, US
File:BlazingLazers TG16 US Manual.pdf Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 a17d4d7e MD5 537c1976f0306e264da966a907b93e3f SHA-1 0107d93ff5d10325092d45e6bfd21e8130efeed7	384kB		Card (JP)
✔	CRC32 b4a1b0f6 MD5 3c2f85fc7898de73a7c789033d22b8f5 SHA-1 13712aaee596ad96ab743d5e82ed96895089afeb	384kB		Card (US)
✔	CRC32 e52be33e MD5 95b746797cee1976e3a84e1538dad6c1 SHA-1 42d6b4f80a225951200f7263d33fd7209162fbe8	384kB		Wii U Virtual Console (World)

External links

• Blazing Lazers on Nintendo eShop (Wii): UK
• Blazing Lazers on Nintendo eShop (Wii U): JP