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Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy[lower-alpha 1] is a side scrolling arcade beat 'em up platform game developed by SNK for the Neo Geo in 1994.[1][2][3][4] It was also released on the Neo Geo CD, and the Wii Virtual Console. The game has been re-released as part of SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1, on May 1, 2008, and in the ACA Neo Geo series on PlayStation 4 on January 10, 2018. Its development team consisted of former Irem staff members.[5]

Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy
Developer(s)	SNK
Publisher(s)	SNK
Producer(s)	Eikichi Kawasaki
Designer(s)	M. Matsuda Y. Hashimoto Yasumi Tozono
Programmer(s)	Data Tada Imasa.F Sho Chan
Artist(s)	Chikara Yamasaki Eri Koujitani Hirolin Hajime
Composer(s)	Akihiro Uchida Masahiko Hataya Toshio Shimizu
Platform(s)	Arcade Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD
Release	1994 Arcade WW: 18 May 1994 Neo Geo AES JP: 24 June 1994 NA: 24 June 1994 EU: 24 June 1994 Neo Geo CD JP: 29 September 1994 NA: October 1996
Genre(s)	Action, platform, beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player Co-op
Arcade system	Neo Geo MVS

It was one of the few Neo Geo games to be dubbed "the 100 mega shock", due to the cartridge being just over 112 mebibits. This was large for the time, at over twice the size of the largest SNES cartridge (Star Ocean, with 48 mebibits). Later cartridges would routinely top 100 megabits so the branding was dropped.^{[citation needed]} This was also referred to as a precursor to Metal Slug because of the cartoonish graphics and the robotic vehicles, which are very similar to the Slugs.^{[citation needed]}

Gameplay

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The gameplay style in the game are mostly similar to, heavily derived from and inspired by Double Dragon, The Combatribes, Joe & Mac and Spinmaster. The player, as Roddy (the second player plays as Cathy), must navigate through the stages, collecting items, killing enemies, and defeating a boss at the end of each area.[6] The characters can also execute special moves, done by moving the joystick in certain directions and pressing the attack button, similar to Street Fighter and The King of Fighters fame.

The game is split into four planets: Forest, Ice, Wind, and Fire. Depending on what stage is picked first, the layout of the stage will change. For example, if the player picks the Ice world before the Forest world, the Forest world's beginning layout will be different. After completing all 4 worlds, the player is taken to the final stage, where they must rematch with the four bosses and battle the game's antagonist, Captain Klapton.

Synopsis

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The galaxy's top bounty hunters Roddy and Cathy are sent to put a stop to a colony of galactic pirates called the Klaptons who threaten and plunder the cosmos. Four high-ranking members of the Klaptons have taken control of four elemental planets. Big rewards are offered for the captures of Sly, Misty, Mr. Bigman and Dr. Burn. The top hunters battle their forces and destroy the commanders' war machines but they all get away. In the Last Hunt, Roddy and Cathy will have to battle in Captain Klapton's Mothership, defeat the four commanders again and take care of the captain once and for all.

Development

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Release

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Reception

In North America, RePlay reported Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy to be the sixteenth most-popular arcade game at the time.[24] On release,[25] Famitsu scored the Neo Geo version of Top Hunter a 24 out of 40.[10] The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it a 7 out of 10 average. Two of the reviewers criticized that "the difficulty, even on the hardest setting, is still way too easy", allowing players to breeze through the game very quickly, and thus making it a poor value given the high price of Neo Geo cartridges. However, all four felt that the game was very enjoyable for its brief length due to its numerous techniques, outstanding graphics, bizarre bosses, orchestral music, and ability to move between the foreground and background.[9] Spanish magazine Superjuegos, in its 31st edition, scored the game with a score of 91 out of a maximum of 100, highlighting the graphic work especially with the level bosses and the two planes that the game has.[21]

Retrospective reviews

Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy has been met with mixed reception from retrospective reviewers.^{[further explanation needed]}

Notes

References

External links

• Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy at Giant Bomb
• Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy at Killer List of Videogames
• Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy at MobyGames

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