Let's Play: Phalanx (SNES Version) Part 1 (Introduction)
2Publisher(s): Kemco.
Developer(s): Zoom Inc.
Release Date: August 7th (National Purple Heart Day), 1992 (31 years ago).
Genre(s): Scrolling shooter.
Country of Origin: Japan.
Engine: Microsoft Paintbrush.
Platform(s): Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Moby ID: 7142
"Rated E for Everyone (6+): Mild Violence"
Taking place in the year 2279, a planetary research project is sent into the depths of space. One particular group of researchers lands on and partly colonizes the alien planet Delia. However, sometime after their stay, an emergency transmission is sent from Delia to their security force orbiting the planet. The only clue they are given is a message regarding a hazardous leak. The planet's space fighters had become possessed by an unknown space squadron of alien bioships that appear out of nowhere and soon make themselves a hostile threat among the possessed fighters. The player assumes the role of Wink Baufield (named Rick in the Game Boy Advance version), an ace pilot assigned to investigate the disaster and possibly discover what is invading Delia in the assignment Operation Climax in the experimental space fighter the A/144 Phalanx.
The unusual SNES box art for the North American release, featuring an elderly man (Bertil Valley) playing a banjo has been cited in examples of bizarre video game box art. In an interview with Destructoid, Matt Guss, an advertiser who worked on Phalanx's cover, stated that the idea for the art came from coworker Keith Campbell. Campbell, who didn't find anything in Phalanx that stood out, decided to make the packaging eye-catching, hoping a potential buyer would stare at the box art and wonder "what just happened. The box art itself has been described by Destructoid's Allastair Pinsoff as "Goofy and misleading" and by ScreenRant's Ryan Lynch as "the most surreal video game box art of all time".
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