Cho Aniki Collection
Have you been hitting the gym? The intensely muscular shooter is back!
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The first game in the legendary Cho Aniki series of shooting games created by Masaya, Cho Aniki (PC Engine), and the second game in the series, Ai Cho Aniki (PC Engine), have been fully ported for the Steam®.
The ports of these classics boast a number of additional features, such as Sound Mode, Visual Mode, and Rewind.
These titles are an absolute must for retro game and shooting game fans alike.
Cho Aniki (Released 12/25/1992)
The Emperor of Planet Builder, who has won the Galactic Bodybuilding Contest for 10 consecutive years, is worried that his planet's protein is running low.
The Emperor, believing that "muscle is the greatest of virtues," has begun indiscriminately invading neighboring planets and building protein mining plants on them.
Sensing an impending crisis, Idaten and Benten of the Heavenly World set out on a mission to achieve peace by destroying the Builder Army...
Ai Cho Aniki (Released 2/24/1995)
Two years have passed since Idaten and Benten last fought.
After the death of Emperor Roid, peace was restored to the galaxy, and people returned to lives of peace...
Meanwhile, Idaten sensed disturbances again in the Builder Star System and went alone to investigate.
His last known location was on Planet Builder! Upon hearing this, Benten dispatched two heroes, Adon and Samson, to search for Idaten and investigate the strange happenings on Planet Builder.
