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'''''Forgotten Worlds''''' (''Lost Worlds'' [[Market-Based Title|in Japan]]) is a [[Sci Fi]]-themed [[Shoot'Em Up]] [[Arcade Game]] developed by [[Capcom]] in 1988, as the very first game released on their popular CPS-1 arcade board. The game makes use of a rotating control scheme known as "Roll Switch" that allows aiming at any of the eight directions, something of a novelty back then, as well as a system of suporting satellites that adds a large variety of different weapon options (from [[Reflecting Laser|Reflecting Lasers]] to napalm bombs). These weapons are purchasable from shops that literally raise from the ground/walls, attended by a girl named Sylphie, using [[Fictional Currency|zennies]] collected from defeated [[Mooks]].
Set in the 29th Century, the story starts with a [[Galactic Conqueror]] and [[God of Evil]] and Destruction known as BIOS, who has created 8 evil gods and went on conquering and destroying worlds, turning them into husks of their former selves. Eventually, Earth is targeted and suffers the same fate, becoming a warren wasteland known as the "Dust World". The few humans that have survived decide to fight back by raising and training two childs into [[Badass]] [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]]. This works wonders, and the two now adult [[No Name Given|Nameless]] Soldiers embark on a quest to defeat BIOS.
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The game was quite succesful back then, getting ported to many consoles and home computers of the time, including the [[Mega Drive]] port (which has to cut a few things, like voiceovers and 2 stages) and the later [[TurboGrafx-16]] port (which removed 2 player co-op, but included a bunch of bonus features). The main characters were also brought somewhat reguarly in several of the company's [[Crossover]] games.
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* [[Ancient Egypt]]: The setting of Stages 4 trough 6, the ''[[Pyramid Power|Pyramid World]]''. ▼
* [[An Ice Person|An Ice Pers-ehh, Thing]]: Iceman, Stage 7 boss.
▲* [[Ancient Egypt]]: The setting of Stages 4 trough 6, the ''[[Pyramid Power|Pyramid World]]''.
* [[The Archer]]: The Glyph [[Mooks]], recurrent enemies in the Egypt-based stages.
* [[Arms Dealer]]: Sylphie.
* [[Asteroids Monster]]: Some enemies in later stages.
* [[Background Boss]]: Stage 3 boss, ''War God''.▼
* [[Badass]]: The Unknown Soldiers.
▲* [[Background Boss]]: Stage 3 boss, ''War God''.
* [[Big Bad]]: BIOS, [[In-Series Nickname|King of Gods]].
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The ending has some humorous examples.
{{quote|'''Sylphie''': ''Thank you so mach''.
** [[Japanese Mythology|Raijin and Fujin]] (Stage 8 bosses) were mangled into ''Laidin and Whodin''.
* [[Bubbly Clouds]]: The ''Sky World'', setting for Stage 7 and 8.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Laidin and Whodin resemble Raiga and Fuga from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.
* [[Color-Coded Multiplayer]]: Player 1 in blue and Player 2 in red. However, their sprites are not only different (Player 2 wears a tank top and has a mohawk hair style), their weapons are as well. Player 1 uses a long-range automatic rifle, while Player 2 wields a short-range wide shot.▼
* [[Cool Shades]]
▲* [[Color-Coded Multiplayer]]: Player 1 in blue and Player 2 in red. However, their sprites are not only different (Player 2 wears a tank top and has a mohawk hair style), their weapons are as well. Player 1 uses a long-range automatic rifle, while Player 2 wields a short-range wide shot.
* [[Crossover]]: "Unknown Soldier 1P" appears as a challenger in the quiz game ''Adventure Quiz: Capcom World'' and its sequel. Sylphie and the Dust Dragon appear in the sequel as well, the former as the "INN attendant" and the latter as one of the three dragon bosses.
** [[Capcom vs. Whatever]]: Unknown Soldier 1P is one of several [[Assist Character|Assist Characters]] selectable in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of the Superheroes]]''. One stage also has [[The Cameo|background cameos]] of bosses Raijin & Fujin as well as [[Final Boss]] BIOS. Both soldiers and Sylphie make the jump to playable characters in [[Namco X Capcom]].
* [[Crapsack World]]: Earth is a wasteland ruled by a cult of reptilian humanoids and humanity is almost extinct.
* [[Dual Boss]]: Raijin
* [[Dub Name Change]]: The [[Mega Drive]] manual changed Sylphie's name to Mirabella.
* [[Dungeon Shop]]: One has to wonder how Sylphie was able to set up a shop that ''magically raises from beneath the ground'' just as the soldiers come by...
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* [[Segmented Serpent]]: Worms in Stage 2, dragons in Stage 7/8 and the boss of Stage 5, ''Centipede''.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Raijin and Fujin conduct electricity between them as one of their attacks.
* [[Shout-Out]]: There's an amusement park in the story mode of ''[[SNK vs. Capcom]]: Card Fighters Clash'' which is filled with references to the game: it's named "Lost World", its theme music is from the game's first stage, several in-game weapons are exhibited and
** The alt color for the Unknown Soldier in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of the Superheroes]]'' is one to his 2P buddy.
* [[Super Soldier]]
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[[Category:TurboGrafx-16]]
[[Category:Sega Genesis]]
[[Category:Arcade Game]]
[[Category:Commodore 64]]
▲[[Category:Forgotten Worlds]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:Video Games of the 1980s]]
[[Category:Capcom]]
[[Category:Shoot'Em Up]]
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