Bio Motor Unitron is a niche RPG developed by Yumekobo for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. The game was released in 1999 and received positive reviews from critics. This title was the first RPG released for the SNK handheld and the game was rereleased twice. Once for the Nintendo Switch and then again for the Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 2. The game currently has 65 Metascore on Metacritic which seems to imply that it didn’t age well.
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The Premise Of Bio Motor Unitron
Biomotor Unitron is a dungeon crawler with partially procedural dungeons. The player controls Unitron, a robot who traverses through these dungeons fighting to earn money and experience. The experience points are used for the player character and their control of the Unitron. You can upgrade Unitron by purchasing or developing parts. The game consists of four dungeons with seven floors. The dungeons are random but only partly since the pool of layouts isn’t endless. Each dungeon’s layout, rather than being truly random, is selected from multiple preprogrammed layouts.
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The Main Characters Of Bio Motor Unitron
This title doesn’t have characters in a traditional sense due to the nature of its robot-building mechanics. The only real character is the robot you decide to build along the way.
Other Titles In The Series
A sequel titled, Kikou Seiki Unitron, was released in Japan in 2000 but unfortunately, SNK went bankrupt causing the title to never be released in the West.
Bio Motor Unitron Cheat Codes
Duplicate Items
Note: This trick requires a link cable and two Neo-Geo Pocket systems. Save the current game on the “host” system. Link the “host” system to the “guest” system. Trade the item to be duplicated to the “guest” system. Turn off the “host” system. Turn on the “host” system and load the previously saved game. Trade the now duplicated item from the “guest” back to the “host” system.
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