Rusty (video game)

Rusty
The cover art shows Rusty, a woman with long, green hair, wielding a whip.
PC-98 cover art with the title character
Developer(s)C-Lab
Publisher(s)C-Lab
Director(s)Naoto Niida
Producer(s)Masayoshi Koyama
Programmer(s)Naoto Niida
Artist(s)Ringo Moribayashi
Writer(s)Naoto Niida
Composer(s)
  • Masahiro Kajihara
  • Kenichi Arakawa
  • Ryu Takami
Platform(s)PC-98, Epson PC, MS-DOS
Release
  • JP: July 1993
Genre(s)Action

Rusty[a] is an action video game developed and published by C-Lab in Japan in July 1993 for PC-98, Epson PC, and MS-DOS, with direction, writing and programming by Naoto Niida, production by Masayoshi Koyama, and music by Masahiro Kajihara, Kenichi Arakawa, and Ryu Takami.

The player plays as the vampire huntress Rusty who investigates the disappearance of a number of women, and travels through ten stages, fighting skeletons, monsters and boss characters with her whip and items. Critics and journalists frequently compared the game to the Castlevania series, some calling it a "clone", but still reviewed it favourably; Hardcore Gaming 101 called it a gem that everyone should play, and GamesVillage.it called it among the best game of all Castlevania clones. Although it was not published in English, it was unofficially translated by a ROM hacking group in 2017.
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