The PaNESian Press -- Amagon

Developer : American Sammy
Publisher : American Sammy
Rarity : C
Year : 1989

Amagon is one of those weird games that is so odd that it becomes a pretty neat experience to play. The story starts out in a fucked up way—Amagon is a decorated Marine who's sent to a South Pacific island to investigate some monsters there. Seeing as how he's a Marine with no aviation skills, he crash lands his plane on the beach. And, like most Marines, he's capable of transforming into a really big muscular guy named Megagon that can shoot beams to kill stuff. Yeah.
His weapons are pretty basic. Just a shotgun with a limited amount of bullets, which can be used to club ememies at close range when he runs out of ammo. And, if he gets a "Megakey" and has a certain amount of points, he can transfer into Megagon. Megagon can punch things off the screen! And, unlike Amagon, Megagon has a life bar that dwindles as he gets hit or uses beams to kill things. Amagon only can be hit once before he dies.
Once an enemy is defeated, it may leave certain items. Some leave points, which are essential for turning into Megagon, bullets, lives, and so on. They stay onscreen for a limited period of time, so you have to pick them up quickly.

   Stage 1-1 is pretty basic. A lot of weird birds a tree rabbits, but nothing that will really get in your way.

   Easy stuff here. Yes, that is a dancing mushroom you see there. They take multiple hits, but don't attack you. And that weird thing that looks like and arm sticking out of the water is supposed to be a tree you can stand on. If your eyes aren't bleeding from the neon green trees yet, let's move on.

   By now I've moved to the end of the level, past all the other crap, and turned into Megagon. Weirdo, eh? Anyway, he's pretty powerful. That life bar on the top represents all hits I can take or beams I can shoot. When I run out, I change back to Amagon. All I have to do is punch this big lion guy a couple times and this stage is over.

   Stage 1-2 is telling me that I need 70,000 points in order to change into Megagon. Of course, I already knew that.

   More of the same, but a bit tougher. Here I am being a big tough Macho guy and shooting a beam at nothing in particular. God, that guy needs some damn pants.

   No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. After beating another lion guy I'm confronted by a two-faced floating lion head. It shoots some fireballs at me, and I punch it a couple of times and it dies. Eat shit, decapitated lion head!

   Ride the turtles, eh? OK. This next level moves from the beach into the rainforest.

   Some squirrels or gophers or something that jump out of pits. They are goldmines for points and other goodies because after you kill a batch another pops up from a bottomless pit. But I can only assume it's a bottomless pit. Whatever.

   Here I am, uh, dying. That elephant guy came out of nowhere and shot a big white ball out of his trunk. Being the wuss Amagon is, be gets hit, dies, and lands headfirst in the ground. Gee, the Marines must be on a tight budget if they can't afford clothes or shoes.

   As tree porcupines drop on the turtle with a flame coming out of it's ass that I'm using to cross the water, I once again slip into an epileptic seizure because of that damn neon green background.

   The bosses are two of the elephant guys. Of course, I'm Megagon now so I kick thier asses. It's pretty funny to watch them fly off the screen when they get punched.

   In this stage, you get off a moving turtle, you're fucked unless you can jump over a mile-wide river.

   Don't ask what I'm doing here. Probably trying to hide from the football-sized mosquitos (not pictured) that try to kill me. They'd be better off biting me and giving me malaria instead of swarming on me and sucking my blood out until I'm an empty carcass.

   Ooh! A walking tree! Well, those bats are pointless. It only takes long to beat this guy if you're not Megagon and trying to shoot the thing with Amagon's pathetic gun.

   Bwhahaha! Cyclops got his fucking eye knocked out!

   Like most really tough enemies, this one sinks into the ground as it's eyeless head yells and stuff. Muahah. Onward!

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		Stage 1-1 is pretty basic. A lot of weird birds a tree rabbits, but nothing that will really get in your way.
		Easy stuff here. Yes, that is a dancing mushroom you see there. They take multiple hits, but don't attack you. And that weird thing that looks like and arm sticking out of the water is supposed to be a tree you can stand on. If your eyes aren't bleeding from the neon green trees yet, let's move on.
		By now I've moved to the end of the level, past all the other crap, and turned into Megagon. Weirdo, eh? Anyway, he's pretty powerful. That life bar on the top represents all hits I can take or beams I can shoot. When I run out, I change back to Amagon. All I have to do is punch this big lion guy a couple times and this stage is over.

		Stage 1-2 is telling me that I need 70,000 points in order to change into Megagon. Of course, I already knew that.
		More of the same, but a bit tougher. Here I am being a big tough Macho guy and shooting a beam at nothing in particular. God, that guy needs some damn pants.
		No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. After beating another lion guy I'm confronted by a two-faced floating lion head. It shoots some fireballs at me, and I punch it a couple of times and it dies. Eat shit, decapitated lion head!

		Ride the turtles, eh? OK. This next level moves from the beach into the rainforest.
		Some squirrels or gophers or something that jump out of pits. They are goldmines for points and other goodies because after you kill a batch another pops up from a bottomless pit. But I can only assume it's a bottomless pit. Whatever.
		Here I am, uh, dying. That elephant guy came out of nowhere and shot a big white ball out of his trunk. Being the wuss Amagon is, be gets hit, dies, and lands headfirst in the ground. Gee, the Marines must be on a tight budget if they can't afford clothes or shoes.
		As tree porcupines drop on the turtle with a flame coming out of it's ass that I'm using to cross the water, I once again slip into an epileptic seizure because of that damn neon green background.
		The bosses are two of the elephant guys. Of course, I'm Megagon now so I kick thier asses. It's pretty funny to watch them fly off the screen when they get punched.

		In this stage, you get off a moving turtle, you're fucked unless you can jump over a mile-wide river.
		Don't ask what I'm doing here. Probably trying to hide from the football-sized mosquitos (not pictured) that try to kill me. They'd be better off biting me and giving me malaria instead of swarming on me and sucking my blood out until I'm an empty carcass.
		Ooh! A walking tree! Well, those bats are pointless. It only takes long to beat this guy if you're not Megagon and trying to shoot the thing with Amagon's pathetic gun.
		Bwhahaha! Cyclops got his fucking eye knocked out!
		Like most really tough enemies, this one sinks into the ground as it's eyeless head yells and stuff. Muahah. Onward!