biomekanic
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While at a friends house, he showed me his collection of ROMs, one of them being for Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk, an arcade game circa '89, the first boss monster is Crusty Hammer, imagine my delight when I see it's a spearer.
If you'd like to see it for yourself. www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/ dgaiden-sat/dgaiden.ht
practically on the bottom of the review.
http://www11.big.or.jp/~kurabar/DARASOTO/c_hammer.htm - this one features pictures of mantis shrimps for comparison, of course, since I don't read Japanese (I assume), I have no clue what the website says.
If you'd like to see it for yourself. www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/ dgaiden-sat/dgaiden.ht
practically on the bottom of the review.
http://www11.big.or.jp/~kurabar/DARASOTO/c_hammer.htm - this one features pictures of mantis shrimps for comparison, of course, since I don't read Japanese (I assume), I have no clue what the website says.