Mr. Goemon

Mr. Goemon (Ｍｒ．五右衛門, Misutā Goemon) is a platform game developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1986. The side-scrolling game is based on Ishikawa Goemon, an outlaw in 16th-century Japan.^[1][2][3] It is the first game in the Ganbare Goemon series.

Mr. Goemon
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Ganbare Goemon
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	JP: May 1986
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players, alternating turns

Gameplay

Enemies charge and grab the character, ending his life unless the player jostles the control stick to break free. Later enemies also have projectile weapons that the player must dodge.^[4] They are defeated by throwing a found object at them or hitting them with an always-equipped pipe. Jumping on the enemies' heads will push them down a level or off the screen entirely. Levels feature either boss battles or a pile of gold bars at the end, worth various points depending on the level.^[5]

Ports

Microsoft released Mr. Goemon for its Game Room service in June 2010. Hamster Corporation released it for download on the PlayStation 4 in Japan in December 2014 and in North America in September 2015, under the Arcade Archives label.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Mr. Goemon on their July 1, 1986 issue as being the seventeenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.^[6]