Episode 4 : DANGAR Ufo Robo Nichibutsu 1986

Welcome back to the Brainstorm Emporium Gaming. Ever felt like shooting nasty random objects in the middle of a semi desert land in the form of a giant robot or three little aircrafts with no back story or reason given? Nichibutsu felt it for you in 1986 and guess what? Dangar – UFO Robo … back in a moment…
UFO Robo Dangar is a 1986 arcade game released by Nichibutsu. Nichibutsu or Nihon Bussan the way they want to be mentioned was a video game developer and publisher headquartered in Kita, Osaka … I know, I thought too they were Spanish but no, Japaneese…again.
They have been building yachts, videogames for adults and Dangar.
It is a game in the Moon Cresta series, which includes Terra Cresta and Terra Force.
The game supposed to be inspired by the anime series UFO Robo Grendizer and Danguard Ace but trust me, this game has nothing to do with both of these characters which I grow up with. Actually leave down below in the comment section if you would like to integrate sometimes certain glorious animes that may be mentioned on my videos.
Dangar is a vertically scrolling shooter. The player must fight endless waves of extraterrestrial vehicles and spacecrafts while avoiding collision with their projectiles and other obstacles. With the joystick the player can move in any direction but very slowly considering the speed of the enemies. The player start with a shooting robot. If the enemy or any projectile get in contact with the robot, the robot turn into a small spacecraft. To get the robot back, the player need to get two more pieces or additional aircrafts and the task is pretty hard to achieve. The player start the game with the usual 3 lives. The music is very catchy but tend to match the mess on the screen during the game. At the end, this is the tipycall shooting game that look similar to many others and doesn't offer anything special not even a piece of memory to bring with you all over your life unless it was the only game you played at the arcade parlor.
Time now for a short play by a non expert, ME. The screen present the game with Dangar in a very Gundam style begging as usual for your coin.
You start with the giant robot shooting it's own infinite arms. It seems very powerful but don't be deceived, it only occupy more space and nothing else. Enemies loves you so much that they will try their best to have an head on collision with you. Trying to avoiding them is very hard with a such a slow spaceship. Some barriers will not allow you to shoot over and you don't have any bomb or more powerful weapon to destroy them. From the water, towers ready to shoot pop's up even when you are flying over or from behind. The cowardness of these enemies is umbelievable. If you end up with a tiny spaceship, shooting on numbered boxes, will give you the chance to rebuild the robot back again. The second sheep, improve your shooting and nothing else. From time to time, ground vehicles appear and they requires multiple shooting to get destroyed.
When the robot is back again, you have the chance of changing weapon by shooting to numbered boxes that may appear here and there. If you get hit again, you don't loose a life but you end up with the tiny spaceship again and you have to build the robot all over again.
The first boss looks nasty and is unfair AF, it will try to be a kamikaze without compromising it's own ship. If you fail to beat the boss and you still have another life, the game makes you restart somewhere just before the boss.

Everything has a beginning and on this game a quick end too. Please like the video and subscribe to the channel. Leave a comment make me happy. I hope you had fun with this retro game from 1986, if not, thanks for nothing, thanks for watching and see you again