JESUS: KYOFU NO BIO MONSTER
NES/FAMICOM
Not the Bible Jesus, this one is sci-fi
Words: Carl Williams
This is one of those
games that is a an
obvious “duh” no
wonder this didn’t
come out in North
America. From the
name of the game to
the graphics, it is
pretty easy to see
why
Enix,
now
Square-Enix, didn’t
bother bringing this
one over.
Gameplay-wise, Jesus is pretty linear. You are not likely to die
of anything in the game, kind of a bummer considering the
situations that you will be facing. Now, the other characters,
they are kind of left out in the void of space as far as their
safety goes. The question is, how will they meet their demise?
There are some weird staff choices for the crew of Jesus, one
in particular is a keyboardist of all things who is trying to write
new songs and the like. Not sure how this would help on a
space ship but well, she is on your crew in this game. She even
wears a leotard during off hours.
Get ready for your encounter
with the alien creatures,
remember they carry a
predisposition to be evil and
deadly. Some of these things
look like a cross between
Hordak from She-Ra and a
four legged spider while
others are directly out of your worst nightmares.
Translated the name means Jesus: Dreadful Bio-Monster,
nothing all that bad there. The title is indeed intended to refer
to the Biblical Jesus, could be a stickler for a Nintendo game.
The space ship is shaped like a double bladed sword which is
meant to infer thoughts of the Book of Revelation. Another
problem that could have stopped a localization effort. None of
that is a deal stopper though, Enix could have gotten around
all of it if they wanted to.
Graphically, everything has the nice 80’s Anime look to it but
there is very little animation to speak of. Colors are bright and
contrast well getting the point across without too much
trouble. One thing that bothered me with Jesus was the
abbreviation work on the commands when there was
obviously room for an expanded command box. It couldn’t
have been space restraints because many of the commands
appear in the text of the game.
The story for Jesus is somewhat original, which is why it is so
interesting to play. Set in 2061, Halley’s