Forgotten Worlds

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Forgotten Worlds is an arcade game released in 1989 for the Sega Genesis and included on the Capcom Classics Collection in 2005, featuring two blue and red flying marines battling aliens accompanied by a floating satellite. Their ultimate goal is to destroy the evil goddess Bios of Dust Planet. Enemies drop money called Zenny, which players can use to upgrade their weapons and satellites in the store.

[edit] Characters

Unknown Soldier Blue
Unknown Soldier Red
Bios
Sylphie - the girl praising the victory at the end of the game, is the same girl in the store. She is called Mirabella in the U.S. Genesis version.
Spydrobot - a spider creature that travels in groups. They creep along the ground and spit fire balls.
Paramecium - a horrible beast which tries to incinerate the player with its fiery breath.
Dust Dragon
Sphinx
Ymesketit

[edit] Gameplay

The game is similar to most shooters, except the marines can rotate in a 360 degree angle allowing you to fire on all sides. The arcade original featured both a joystick and an analog dial wheel. The wheel allow the guns and satellites to be positioned to any degrees quickly. For the ports that use a regular gamepad, a button is held to rotate the marines.

[edit] The Unknown Soldiers

There were no actual names given for the first appearance of these characters; all were referred to very generically. Storywise, they were secretly trained from the time they were young boys by a group of humans to combat the evil on Dust Planet. The duo did not have any names other than "Superior Warriors", as shown in the ending. The blue warrior was seen again in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes as a helper, Capcom World 2 with Sylphie, SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash on the Neo Geo Pocket System, and Namco x Capcom with the red marine and Sylphie. In Marvel vs. Capcom, he is referred to as Unknown Soldier.

[edit] Trivia

Zenny, Capcom's monetary denomination, is used in many of their games besides Forgotten Worlds, including Gaia Master, and the Mega Man Legends and Mega Man Battle Network series.