Hot Blooded Family

Known for the extremely tough MD Thunder Force shooter series, Techno Soft looks set to join the first wave of games for Sony PlayStation. Taking advantage of the system's power, HBF delivers true arcade quality sights and sounds to the home.

The game is modeled after classic walk-and-thump action games like Capcom's Final Fight and Sega's Streets of Rage. The heroes are Rando Hibino, a retired world champion wrestler who is now a phys. ed. teacher, his daughter Rio, and Tora Minowa, a lab assistant to Hibino's wife. They must stop Hibino's wife who has been lured into developing a doomsday device for a criminal syndicate. Featuring wild power moves and combos, HBF packs all the punch of the best arcade brawlers. Is this an indication of what's to come from the PlayStation? I hope so!

Hot Blooded Family is a Final Fight-style street brawling game. Three characters and three lengthy worlds make Family straightforward side-view combat stuff. Each hero has a unique scum-scattering offensive tool, including a polo mallet and a sword, in addition to major muscle power. They can also grab rifles, bazookas, and bombs along the way. Hot Blooded Family reunions are knock-down drag-out workouts.

The action is nonstop for the Sony PlayStation when you have a cart like Hot Blooded Family. Following in the same vein as Final Fight. HBF is a game with great fighting moves and special attacks If that wasn't enough for you, knock the enemies senseless and take their weapons to use against them! What would this fight be without a two-player simultaneous feature? There are also some really great special effects used for some of the attacks and levels, like the flames in the Mine Stage!