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'''''Forgotten Worlds''''' (''Lost Worlds'' [[Market-Based Title|in Japan]]) is a [[Sci Fi]]-themed [[Shoot'Em
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.
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 [[
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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.
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** [[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 ''[[
* [[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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* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: BIOS sports six arms.
* [[No Name Given]]: Both player characters are only known as the "Nameless Ones". This is kept in their cameo appearances, usually going by the monicker of "Unknown Soldier" followed by 1P/2P to identify between them. The Japanese sources have slight variations at times, like "Nameless Super Soldier". The [[Mega Drive]] Japanese manual also refers to the 2P soldier as "Mohawk Man".
* [[Orcus
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: The War God is shown using several western-styled dragons in the intro. One serves as the boss of Stage 2, named the ''Dust Dragon'', which for some reason is half-beaten and missing some patches of flesh (including ''the whole stomach'').
* [[Physical God]]: BIOS.
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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
** The alt color for the Unknown Soldier in ''[[
* [[Super Soldier]]
* [[Token Minority]]: Unknown Soldier 2P.
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* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: The two characters without the armor pickup, and second-to-last bosses Raijin & Fujin.
* [[Winged Humanoid]]: BIOS.
** [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]: Subverted. The very evil BIOS has...''white featherly wings''.
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