70's Robot Anime Geppy-X

The game is set in the year 197X.[1] In the game, the protagonists use the Geppy-X giant robot to fight the invading forces of the Space Devil Empire.[2]

70s Robot Anime Geppy-X is a 2D side scrolling shooting game.[1] Stages in the game are presented as if they were episodes of a fictitious episodic anime series named Geppy-X.[1][3] Following the anime episode format, stages play the format of opening theme, Part A, eye catch, Part B, ending theme, and ending on a next episode preview.[2] The stages even include fake commercials and its own theme music.[1] For example, one such commercial in the game promotes a fictitious series which is a parody of Ashita no Joe, and another for merchandise related to the show such as shampoo.[3]

The titular robot, Geppy-X, can transform into three different robot forms, each modeled after famous 70s robots.[3]

The game only has nine actual stages despite taking up four compact discs.[3]

The game was developed by Japanese game developer Aroma, and is an affectionate parody of mecha anime series from the 1970s, such as those created by Go Nagai.[1][3] These include the Go Nagai series Grendizer, Mazinger-Z, and especially Getter Robo (which was actually created by Ken Ishikawa, a manga artist who regularly worked with Go Nagai).[3]

The game's soundtrack features Japanese singers Isao Sasaki, Akira Kushida, Hironobu Kageyama who sing the opening and ending themes songs in the game.[2]

The game takes up a total of four compact discs, and makes heavy use of full motion video, and game music.[1][3] For comparison, the game Final Fantasy VIII also used that many discs.[3] In total, there are 8000 video clips used in the game.[4]

The game was released on May 27, 1999 for the Sony PlayStation and was published by the Aroma Corporation.[4] The game was never released outside of Japan, and it has never been re-released on the PlayStation Network's Game Archives.

Upon release, four reviewers for Famitsu gave the game a total score of 26/40. Reviewers appreciated the thoroughness of the dedication to recreating a 1970s mecha anime in game form, including even commercials and songs. They said that anyone familiar with those series would find it rather nostalgic.[5] Spanish gaming magazine Superjuegos said the game would be a rather unremarkable shooting game with graphics that looked like it came from the Super Famicom, if it weren't for the replication of a 70s anime series. The presentation was so thorough, that the author spent weeks searching on the internet to see if there was a real Geppy-X anime series. Despite that however, the writer said that there were other better shooting games for the PlayStation.[3]