New info on Capcom/Takumi's Mars Matrix technology...

[PC Engine Fan X!]

If you were to look at the front full-color cover of the USA version DC game of Mars Matrix, one will see really tiny microscopic print with some very detailed info regarding the Mosquito "Proto Psycho Dive Device" fighters 1 and 2. The info below is what it says (you'd think that this info would have been printed inside the instruction manual to give the Mars Matrix player some more inside info as to the inner weaponry workings of the "Ka-1" and "Ka-2" fightercraft but it isn't presented there):

Mars Matrix TM -- MMX 005306

Story: A half century has swayed since the human migration to Mars. Humans started to settle themselves to what was one the barren land. A.D. 2309.8.Dec - After Mars' sudden declaration of independence, Earth had lost contact. The Earth Federal Government has taken various actions to some how restore communications, but with no luck. On that very day, realizing this serious situation, the Earth Federal Government dispatched the Bio-Potential Defense Force towards Mars. With hundreds of battleships with several elite test fighters....came forth was the outbreak of "Mars Revolution."

-- MENTAL ENERGY REACTIVE FIGHTER "MOSQUITO"! --
-- NOW TAKING OFF AT ARMAMENT LEVEL 8! --

-- Armament --

ARM-1 Normal Shot
This standard and reliable armament can be reinforced up to phase eight as recovered experience cubes make airborne transformation and circuit reconstitution possible.

ARM-2 Piercing Cannon
Although this highly concentrated emission of optical energy has shorter effective range than normal shots, its incomparable pentratilibility makes that descript insignificant.

ARM-3 Bullet Capture "Mosquito"
Remarkably advance, electromagnetically flexible force field absorbs hostile energy projection temporarily raidiates to strictly controlled direction.

ARM-4 G.H.B. - Gravity Hole Bomb
This offensive emergency escape system designedly overdrives the energy absorbed by Mosquito System and generates artificial storm of gravity singularity that annihilates hostile fire and damages enemy assets.

(C) Capcom Co Ltd. 2000 All Rights Reserved. Supported by Takumi Corporation.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Soldato J]

Did you use a magnifying glass or something?

[neoalphazero]

Thanks! It kinda annoys me when shmups have tons of tiny print especially in-game like Mars attract screen and Psyvariar 2's attract. *-neo