When noted 21st-century scientist Doc Yoshiyama fell in love with one of his creations, a "C-Life" artificial intelligence, he uploaded himself into his computer to be with her. Her program core and his DNA fused to create an entirely new entity. And so, Doc Yoshiyama's "son", Pulseman - half-human, half C-Life - was born. Unfortunately, Doc Yoshiyama's mind was twisted as he emerged back into real life, and he became the evil Doc Waruyama.

As Pulseman, you'll have to fight your way through 7 crazy stages and stop Doc Waruyama and his villainous Galaxy Gang! Pulseman has the ability to harness electricity as a weapon, which can even be used in the form of a rapid transport Voltecker attack. Read More »

Take Pulseman on his epic mission and find out why this classic title was regarded as a masterpiece of Sega Mega Drive game design!

In-game text will include some Japanese.

Review

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 by Marcel Van Duyn

Will Pulseman's quality shock you?

Ask yourself this - what games have Game Freak actually developed? Many people will probably only answer with "Pokémon," but the truth is, before Pokémon was even created, Game Freak was responsible for a handful of unique titles of their..

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User Comments

1. slangman 12 Feb 2009, 11:18 GMT

Ah Pulseman. Similar to Gunstar Heroes if I am mistaken? Been waiting for this game to be announced since it came out in Japan ages ago.

2. Link79 12 Feb 2009, 12:04 GMT

This looks pretty decent. This might be the next import I buy.

3. Betagam7 12 Feb 2009, 12:20 GMT

Such a shame that it will probably be downgraded to 50hz like Segas other Hanabi titles. What a joke.

4. KeeperBvK 12 Feb 2009, 12:35 GMT

Looks neat and you can never have too many action platformers anyway.

5. Kawaiipikachu 12 Feb 2009, 13:12 GMT

Galaxy gang here meanwhile in Pokémon diamond & peal there's Team Galatic which is one of the connections between these Game Freak games.

6. seanehawk 12 Feb 2009, 17:39 GMT

i hope this comes out in the US

7. Betagam7 12 Feb 2009, 20:06 GMT

Is it me or does he sound like he's uttering an expletive when he fires his gun?

8. Mickeymac 12 Feb 2009, 21:24 GMT

I saw this a while ago, and it's been one of my most wanted games since! I can't wait until it finally arrives!

9. Nintendork 12 Feb 2009, 22:21 GMT

No way. This gem is coming to the VC?!?!

10. anthonyb 12 Feb 2009, 22:48 GMT

Looks like the lovechild of Sonic and Megaman.

11. lockelocke 13 Feb 2009, 08:12 GMT

meh, too much platforming, not enough shooting

12. Pocketim 13 Feb 2009, 08:17 GMT

@ Betagam7: Sounded like he was saying Fudgechu when he was shooting =P

13. slangman 13 Feb 2009, 10:16 GMT

@ Betagem7 lol it sounds like the F word.

14. sfog 13 Feb 2009, 16:00 GMT

"Is it me or does he sound like he's uttering an expletive when he fires his gun?"

It's supposed to be "Flash Arrow" but the quality is kind of poor.

15. seanehawk 13 Feb 2009, 16:52 GMT

Woot! ESRB rating!

16. HeikeKagero 14 Feb 2009, 19:44 GMT

It sounded like Flash Arrow to me.

17. Ricardo91 18 Feb 2009, 16:46 GMT

@Betagam. Sounds to me like he's saying "fudge arrow".

18. Roo 18 Feb 2009, 23:21 GMT

How excited am I about the impending rerelease of Pulseman? Well, I'll just say that it'll really make my videogaming year. No joke - I'm mad for 2D platformers, and this is one of the few high-profile ones that I've never had the chance to play. This is what the VC is all about!

19. Relevant Latty 21 Feb 2009, 18:36 GMT

I've actually been interested in this since Japan got it. A pre-Pokemon made game by GAME FREAK? Sounds interesting.

@roo Me too! I like most platformers (except Mega Man, something puts me off completing Mega man 2)

20. KnucklesSonic8 09 Mar 2009, 04:41 GMT

DEFINITE buy for me. Will be my first time playing!

21. MegaMX4 30 Apr 2009, 20:29 BST

This looks sweet! Ahh....the synthesized voices the Genesis produced. Brings back memories. I'm really excited to play this and try it out. :-)

22. nintendo87 03 Jun 2009, 05:43 BST

if you listen it pokemon used the same music when you battle but the who made this game made pokemon

23. Super Smash Bros. Fan1999 08 Jun 2009, 18:24 BST

I have got to play this game! A combination of Sonic and Mega Man? Count me in!

24. KoKoO_Psy 26 Jun 2009, 13:40 BST

I like how the music sounds like pokemon music at times. Thats gamefreak for you. i am interested, let the hanabi festival come!

25. Mickeymac 02 Jul 2009, 23:47 BST

You PAL guys get this game tomorrow, ya lucky dogs.

26. RadioShadow 03 Jul 2009, 16:10 BST

Wow, Pulseman runs in 50Hz (no surprise) and doesn't run using a component lead (WTF?). It runs fine if played on a US Wii.

EDIT: Doh! I forget about activating the Component PAL Fix on my brother's Wii (press Z + A + 2 in the Operational Manual). ^^'

So it does work on a component cable fine on a PAL console.

27. b_willers 03 Jul 2009, 21:45 BST

Love that Mega Drive music

28. slangman 04 Jul 2009, 13:29 BST

It's nice to see Sega are still downgrading their imports for europe.

29. Betagam7 05 Jul 2009, 00:12 BST

Another game for Pal users to avoid

30. linrek-1 05 Jul 2009, 10:08 BST

Graphics 10
music 8 ( -2 for voices)
controlls 9 (-1 for bad controlls under water)
durability (8) (-2 for short length)
A challenge for anyone who thinks sonic was to fast and megaman to slow! 8.5 / 10

31. J-Man 07 Jul 2009, 07:06 BST

Well.... When will we get it? At least Nintendo of Europe has the decency of telling their people when VC games come out.

32. Fuzzy 08 Jul 2009, 14:17 BST

Pretty fun game. A little short, but fun while it lasts, and i will be sure to play through it every now and again. There were no problems with the lack of translation. There are still bits of english text, and the voice acting pretty much tells the in-game story (and some of it is pretty funny, even though I'm not sure if that is intentional or not!)