Psychosis

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TurboGrafx-16 PC Engine
Psychosis
System(s): PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console (Wii)
Publisher: Naxat Soft NEC Technologies
Developer: Naxat Soft
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1990-03-01 ¥5,8005,800 NX90001 US 1990-10 TGX020040 JP ▼ 2008-06-24 600pts600 US ▼ 2008-02-25 600pts600 EU ▼ 2008-02-29 600pts600 AU ▼ 2008-02-29 600pts600

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Psychosis, known as Paranoia (パラノイア) in Japan, is a 1990 shoot-'em-up game for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 by Naxat Soft.

Story

The player is trapped within the evil part of their own mind, and the evil force of this mind, "The Devil Ugar", plans to take over the player's mind completely, robbing them of their thought and free will. Not willing to give up, the player creates a ship with their own mind to fight through their subconcious and free their soul from Ugar.

Gameplay

Psychosis is a horizontal shooter through five stages taking place within the player's mind, using the D-Pad to move the player's ship and the Ⅱ button to shoot. Collecting certain power-up items (W, T or B) will summon two indestructible satellites that will orbit the main ship. These satellites can be used as a form of defense against enemy bullets, and their positions can be rotated clockwise by pressing Ⅰ. The items collected will also empower these satellites with different weapons, and collecting more of the same kind of item will increase the associated weapon's attack power.

The player starts the game with three ships, and will gain an extra ship for every 50,000 points scored. When the player loses all of their ships, they can continue from the beginning of the last stage they were playing up to three times.

Items

	Speed
	Increases the ship's speed, with no speed limit.
	Wide Beam
	A wide-ranged laser beam weapon. Can be upgraded up to three times.
	Thunder
	A weapon that concentrates its attack into one area. Can be upgraded up to three times.
	Back Laser
	A weapon that fires behind the ship as well as in front.
	Barrier
	Forms a protective shield around the ship that will absorb bullets, getting weaker with each hit.

Stages

The stages in Paranoia are referred to as "Causes". They are listed here in the order they are played in the TurboGrafx-16 version - the PC Engine version has two of the stages swapped around.

	1st Cause: The Entrance to the Underworlds
	2nd Cause: The Gardens of the Dead
	This is the third stage in the PC Engine version.
	3rd Cause: The Maze of Confusion
	This is the second stage in the PC Engine version.
	4th Cause: The Outer Tomb of Ugar
	5th Cause: The Resting Place

History

Legacy

Psychosis has seen two re-releases since its release, with the first being a release on the Wii Virtual Console for both Japan and the West in 2008, and the North American TurboGrafx-16 version was included on all regional variants of the PC Engine mini.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Psychosis	Psychosis
Japanese	パラノイア	Paranoia

Digital manuals

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  PC Engine mini US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Psychosis/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PC Engine version

NEC Retro Average
Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games 83 №102, p106

	83
Based on 1 review

PC Engine, JP
Cover

TurboGrafx-16 version

TurboGrafx-16, US
Cover
Card Jewel Case

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
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✔	CRC32 6cc10824 MD5 c23ef1ca95a5aa6789c4172ac66d6b5d SHA-1 1cfcfc95bb01b24755e1fc9c3dfea393cb3cc3a9	256kB		Card (US)