Beat-em-up/Action game Zako (4 Viewers)

[ajah2u]

City of Rampage Demo is out, check out the pink haired zako.



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i can't wait to see more gameplay of the pipe wielding zako x.com

 

[Zanduras]

I have a decent amount up on my Sifu / Marvel tribute so I thought id link my work here now. I think I should have the last chapter up in a couple weeks.

Night in a Cyberzako's Life

I saw the SIFU short on Amazon and Wow is it ever a fun and tough game... So I had to make this.

www.pixiv.net

 

[Tsukachan]

i can't wait to see more gameplay of the pipe wielding zako x.com

Wait no longer. I dug up the demo and found lots of Zako sprites!
The files also revealed their name as well

Nicole (ponytailed pipe dual-wielding female thug)



Molly (pinkette female thug)

Roxy (leotard-clad female thug/dominatrix)

 

[El84]

もう待って。デモを掘り下げて、たくさんのザコスプライトを見つけました！
ファイルも名前を明らかにしました

ニコール（ポニーテールパイプデュアルウィールディング女性 ⁇ 悪犯）

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モリー（ピンクの女性の ⁇ 悪犯）
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ロキシー（レオタードクラッドの雌刺客/ドミナトリックス）
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Thank you!!!

 

[El84]

I've heard this many times...
Could you please let me know if there is any progress with this new QQ (QQ群199128300)?

I don't know if it's really progressing because they haven't released any videos...

 

[Tsukachan]

Thank you!!!

No probs. I wasn't expecting to find the currently unimplemented zakos in the internal data.

 

[IronE]

Wait no longer. I dug up the demo and found lots of Zako sprites!
The files also revealed their name as well

Nicole (ponytailed pipe dual-wielding female thug)

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Molly (pinkette female thug)
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Roxy (leotard-clad female thug/dominatrix)
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Thanks! Sprites look great. I can't wait for the full game to release!

 

[Tsukachan]

On the topic of Sifu - there's a short animated adaption, which was recently released as part of the 'Secret Level' series: an animated anthology series for Amazon Prime featuring adaptions of various recent video games.



It features a few zakos - but the action is very fast paced so its blink and you'll miss it at times.

First female zako can be seen at 0:45, and she is quickly eliminated in the fast-paced fight scene with a brutal kick to the head, which smashes her against the wall.

The second first appears at 0:44, and is part of a mob which successfully swarms and kills the main character after he slips. But like in the games, his talisman resurrects him, and he swiftly takes the entire first wave of enemies out, killing her with a slash to the belly at 1:40

The third one is the most brief - she can be seen at 1:52, and is taken out seconds later with a knife (albeit the scene cuts to a distant view for the fight).

Found some concept art on the thugs from the Secret Level Sifu episode, especially the female thugs:

 

[saudade]

decided to compile a bunch of the skyrim zako clips i've saved

 

[Dan Druff]

Important update regarding the upcoming release of Final Vendetta for Neo Geo AES and MVS machines

We have an important update regarding the upcoming release of Final Vendetta for Neo Geo AES and MVS machines.Our goal is to deliver a game that meets the highest standards of quality and performance - even if that means making some difficult decisions along the way.During our final testing...

www.bitmapbureau.com

Whenever the Neo Geo port of Final Vendetta happens, Karen may also be playable.

 

[Tsukachan]

Important update regarding the upcoming release of Final Vendetta for Neo Geo AES and MVS machines

We have an important update regarding the upcoming release of Final Vendetta for Neo Geo AES and MVS machines.Our goal is to deliver a game that meets the highest standards of quality and performance - even if that means making some difficult decisions along the way.During our final testing...

www.bitmapbureau.com

Whenever the Neo Geo port of Final Vendetta happens, Karen may also be playable.

The first ever female boxer in a beat 'em up game gets her well-deserved treatment, as an awesome playable character!

 

[nonniemouse]

I have a decent amount up on my Sifu / Marvel tribute so I thought id link my work here now. I think I should have the last chapter up in a couple weeks.

Night in a Cyberzako's Life

I saw the SIFU short on Amazon and Wow is it ever a fun and tough game... So I had to make this.

www.pixiv.net

Oh dang, these are really good. I love the combination of the zakos being beaten and the hero being killed (with extra lives)! It's one of my favorite RP tropes. Just a minor quibble is that the action is a bit hard to see, especially with the dim lighting and the "hit effect". Can't wait to see the next episode!

 

[IronE]

While grinding in KOF All Stars so I can go on to the next stages and discover more zakos and female bosses, I decided to try exposing some zakos from various Korean games to get rid of boredom. Despite I'm not a Korean myself, I'm interested in Korean games though (especially action and beat 'em up genres). I understand a little Korean as well, and sometimes I read Korean mangas too (also known as manhwas/webtoons). Most of the infos I got are from Hardcore Gaming 101, which had an article compendium dedicated to the Korean game industry

Well, time to start the zako safari!!

First off is Her Knights: All for the Princess (그녀의 기사단: 강행 돌파) by Byulbram. A fantasy/medieval beat 'em up game inspired by Capcom's Dungeon and Dragons for the Korean-exclusive handheld console GP32. There's only two zakos in the game: an elf archer with a blonde ponytail and green tubetop and loincloth, as well as a rather kinky blue-haired elf mage with a grey lingerie and boots (with some garterbelt). They seems to be territorial and attacks the player when encountered. But fear not, a sword or bare hands is enough to silence them and turning them into a sexy bodypile of dead/unconscious elf girls (with the elf mage as the cherry on top and the archers in the bottom)

Screenshot from a PC remake reportedly worked on by a former staff of Byulbram (release date still unknown):

Zyclunt (지클런트) by Phantagram for the MS-DOS has only one zako: COMPLETELY NUDE female clones with blonde ponytail that come out from glass tubes and kicks the well-armored player's head like a football. However, they're no match for the player's sword, which ends the lives of these female clones (damn I'm kinda sad TBH considering they only came out from the tube for a few seconds, then get murdered by the player). What's with Korea's obssession with blonde ponytail back in the 90s?

Then we're off to Darkside Story (다크사이드스토리) by Sonnori, a beat 'em up game with RPG elements for MS-DOS and Windows. Only one zako in the game sadly, and it's a black-haired female thug with ripped jeans and black vest with red midriff-baring tubetop underneath. They comprise as the female members of the in-game enemy gang, but that brunette tomboy girl can send 'em flying like newspapers thrown by paperboys on Monday morning (finally, an obscure Korean zako that is NOT a girl with blonde ponytail)

Jjang (짱) by Samsung is another beat 'em up title for Korean Windows PCs. Unfortunately, there aren't any screenshots of the zako, but it appears instead on the boxart below. A purple, haired girl with purple shorts and a purple sleeveless crop top with a "keyhole" in the middle exposing her cleavage. Not much known about her attacks and such sadly. But hey, she's all purple!!

A Night Where Good Things Are Bound to Happen (어쩐지 좋은 일이 생길 것 같은 저녁), just another Korean beat 'em up for the MS DOS. Surprisingly this game isn't obscure anymore as it's available for download in Abandonia, and there's a lot of footages on YT. There are two zakos in the game: a female Korean mafia member named Hyung Chae, as well as a bunch of rabid schoolgirls clad in cute sailor uniforms. The schoolgirls comes in two variants: blonde short-haired tomboys and black ponytailed brats. One man vs. an army of schoolgirls, what could possibly go wrong?

Legend of Silkroad (실크로드의 전설) by Unico is a beat 'em up game for the Korean arcades based of the historical Silk Road trading route and their cultures. There are two zakos in the game: first off are "Dancing Girls", which are actually scantily-clad female bandits/warriors with claw arms, fundoshi-like tubetop/bikini made (probably) from animal skin that covers only their nipples and back as well as loincloths. They come in three variants: red (not shown), purple and blue. The second zako is the "Giant Girls", which are giantess warriors clad in bikini armors and wields a rapier. They appear to be more durable than the dancing girls, and much stronger

Gaksital (각시탈) is a beat 'em up/strategy hybrid game by Sego Entertainment for Korean PCs. The game takes place during the Japanese occupation of Korea, therefore the enemies are all Japan-themed. Only one zako in this game: a masked kunoichi with a brown ponytail, black ninja garb and appears to be wielding a triple-blade thingy attached to a chain. Not bad for a kunoichi design though..

Busters (버스터즈) is a Korean Fighting Force clone made by FEW. Looks more blockier than Fighting Force IMO, and there's not much info about it. There's one zako though: muscular female thugs with sleeveless black crop tops, black arm warmers, black beanie hats and black yoga pants. Judging from their looks, these thugs are pretty athletic and able to evade the player's attacks. Blocky, but still sexy!!

Manic Game Girl (매닉 게임 걸) is an action beat 'em up game for the Playstation 1 by Joycast. A game about a girl who gets sucked into a world of her own video games, and fights off several video game characters with a power suit. Some of the enemies includes kunoichis with blonde ponytails and pink/blue ninja garbs. They may be quick, but the girl's tough enough to beat them!!

I think that's all I can show. Maybe next time, I'll try to look for more obscure zakos again. It's pretty fun though, and gives me some inspiration for my future Honey Select zako pinup plan or maybe some Fightfantasies requests!! All I can say is that Korean game developers did some gooood job designing female characters, not just the usual Japanese developers. Some honorable mentions that I would loooove to show:

Hana from a 3D Korean fighting game for the PCs called Heart Breakers. Hana is an athletic tomboy girl that fights using kickboxing and MMA skills. She resembles Hinata Wakaba from Rival Schools and Yuri Sakazaki from KOF for some reason. Her outfit consists of a white sports bra with black and white bike shorts, as well as yellow MMA gloves and white sneakers with white puffy socks. A waifu material I say, since I have a fetish for female MMA fighters and kickboxers too

Adora from the RPG game Magna Carta. I remember playing this on my PSP back when I was in junior high school. She's a swashbuckling swordswoman with a hairstyle similar to Yuuna Shigemura from Sword Art Online, and a nice minidress!! To top it off, she's designed by reowned Korean designer Kim Hyung-tae who also designed characters from Blade and Soul!! Just another waifu material, and also one of my early crushes

Silvia from a mobile game called Black Survival. She's a 23-year old tomboyish biker girl from Argentina with a spunky hairstyle and attitude. I used to play this game last year due to the character designs a lot, but now I seldomly play this game again. There's also a mechanic girl named Barbara, though she's not too attractive as Fighters Club's mechanics, but a lot more thiccer. Silvia kinda resembles Suzuka Asahina from Suzuka (and its sequel Fuuka) a series of romance manga and anime written by Kouji Seo, known for his tomboy romance genre. I really enjoyed both, though I liked Fuuka more. Sometimes, I cried whenever I play as Silvia and she dies. I have a heart for her..

Ai from a game called Giga Slave. Apparently it's an MMO that feels like Metal Slug, unfortunately I was a little unaware of this game's existence in the west and now it's gone. She's a female mercenary with an ivory ponytail, large breasts and a cute look. She wears a black midriff-baring tubetop, a pair of denim hot pants and red sneakers with black stockings. She kinda reminds me of Yoko Littner from Gurren Lagann mixed with Mirei Shikishima from Valkyrie Drive or Teliko Friedman from Metal Gear Acid. I won't mind making a pinup of her soon!!

Pretty high quality recording of Busters (버스터즈, FEW, 1998, Windows 95, Direct3D), running on Windows 10.

 

[Zanduras]

Oh dang, these are really good. I love the combination of the zakos being beaten and the hero being killed (with extra lives)! It's one of my favorite RP tropes. Just a minor quibble is that the action is a bit hard to see, especially with the dim lighting and the "hit effect". Can't wait to see the next episode!

Thanks I appreciate the feedback.

Part of the reason it may be a bit hard to see is the filters I chose to use from the in game recording tool, so I apologize for that. I wanted to go with the black and white with red highlights for the "vision" mode of the cyber-clones and use a darker setting for the "regular" viewpoint as they are in a dank club environment.

I've been working on the final ch which is the largest, it should be done in a couple days... I hope.
Then ill start on one of 2 other projects I've been wanting to do for a while.

 

[Tsukachan]

Pretty high quality recording of Busters (버스터즈, FEW, 1998, Windows 95, Direct3D), running on Windows 10.

Most of the characters there looks blockier than in Fighting Force and the BGM gets repetitive
Also only one zako that has hurt sound, and it's the weird-looking jester girls

 

[Zanduras]

HI all.

My final SIFU tribute is up.

Night in a Cyberzako's Life

I saw the SIFU short on Amazon and Wow is it ever a fun and tough game... So I had to make this.

www.pixiv.net

 

[nonniemouse]

HI all.

My final SIFU tribute is up.

Night in a Cyberzako's Life

I saw the SIFU short on Amazon and Wow is it ever a fun and tough game... So I had to make this.

www.pixiv.net

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What an awesome ending. Can't wait to see more like this! (Maybe with a bit more clarity in what is going on xD )

 

[Zanduras]

What an awesome ending. Can't wait to see more like this! (Maybe with a bit more clarity in what is going on xD )

Thanks,

I'm going back to HS2 for my next story though I might do single episode of a Five and Eight misadventure at some point in the future, in a better lit area of course.

 

[nagato]

Genshin Impact enemy not attacking. Just making peace with a zako.

 

[Weoooo]

Genshin Impact enemy not attacking.

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