

This game is known in Japan as "Otenki Paradise - Snow Bros. 2, Toaplan faced a bankruptcy and closed its doors in the same year. 2 - With New Elves was Released in April 1994 by Hanafram Co., Ltd. TECHNICAL Main CPU: Motorola 68000 16 Mhz) Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 3.375 Mhz), OKI6295 20.454 Khz) Screen Orientation: Horizontal Video Resolution: 320 x 240 Pixels Screen Refresh: 60.00 Hz Palette Colors: 65536 Players: 4 Control: 8-Way Joystick Buttons: 2 → Shoot, Jump TRIVIA Developed by Toaplan, Snow Bros.

2 plays identically to its predecessor the only notable difference being the introduction of three new playable characters - the 'New Elves' of the game's subtitle. A direct sequel to the 1990 original, Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves © 1994 Hanafram Company, Limited. Jr.") : includes 10 additional (new) levels after you complete all 50 from the arcade.Arcade Video game published 27 years ago: Snow Bros. Snow Brothers 3 - Magical Adventure (2002) * Hidden Functions : If the 'Invulnerability dip switch' is enabled, you are invulnerable but you may also 'Pause' the game with P2 Start and restart with P1 Start.ģ. The glowing cake can also appear at other times during the game. Collect all four of these letters for an extra life. If these enemies are killed, they each provide a letter : S,N,O or W. When the cake is collected, the game stops and four blue snowball creatures appear for a short time. * Killing all the monsters on a level with a single snowball causes money bonuses, worth 10,000 points, to fall down, but sometimes a glowing cake bonus will appear instead. Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Out Zone, Snow Bros. Licensed to Romstar for USA distribution.Ī bootleg of this game is known as "The Winter Bobble". The marquee for this title shows a 'Snow Bros.' logo, with two snowmen, and a couple of cartoon enemies in the background - in keeping with the game's 'cute' theme. This title is JAMMA compatible (the circuit board for it is one of the smallest ever made, it is barely larger than a Nintendo Famicom cartridge). This game was released as a conversion kit only (often factory installed in a generic cabinet), so any such machine could be converted into a proper Snow Bros. It has since been released, in its entirety, to the emulation community and is a fine conversion.
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was licensed to Manchester's Ocean Software for conversion to both the Atari ST and the Commodore Amiga home computers but, again like "Liquid Kids", Ocean decided that the game wouldn't perform well at retail and the game was cancelled. * Green = Inflates the players like a balloon and lets them fly around the screen, killing any monsters they touch. * Blue = Bigger snowballs (encases monsters quicker) During every 10th level, the players must face and defeat an end-of-level boss.Ī number of power-ups are available, in the form of coloured potions. This is achieved by standing next to the snowball and pressing the "kick out" button, which sends the giant snowball flying around the screen, killing any enemies that lay in its path. The encased enemies must them be kicked in order to destroy them. The snowmen must throw snowballs at the enemies, eventually encasing them completely in snow. One or two players take on the roles of snowmen Nick and Tom as they battle a variety of monsters over fifty platform-based, single screen levels.
