Rabio Lepus Special

Rabio Lepus Special
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Japanese Name	ラビオレプススペシャル (Rabio Lepus Special)
Developer(s)	Video System
Publisher(s)	Video System
Release Date	JP October 19, 1990
Platform(s)	PC-Engine

Rabio Lepus Special (ラビオレプススペシャル) is a port of Rabio Lepus for the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 game console, released in 1990.

Overview

For Rabio Lepus Special, several changes were made from the original game:

• Instead of being divided into three stages, the "spaceship" and "asteroid" are each a single stage with multiple bosses.
• Lepus is no longer playable.
• A few of the enemies are different.
• The game's introduction and ending are removed.
• The graphics showing the royal family were completely reworked. The character designs of king Taro Kitashirakawa and princess Komomo are not changed significantly, but Kotomi appears younger than in Rabio Lepus, and she wears a full-body bunny costume like the king's rather than a leotard and bunny ears.

The game package includes a manual featuring all-new artwork, including a comic relating the game's backstory and illustrations of some enemies. The game also came with an application to send for a Rabio plush for the cost of shipping.

Characters

Playable

• Rabio

Non-Playable

• Komomo Kitashirakawa
• Kotomi Kitashirakawa
• Taro Kitashirakawa

Stages and Bosses

Rabio Lepus Special contains six stages.

Stage	Location	Boss
1	Spaceship	Flying core Tetsūshi Metal Soldier Moving Core
2	Asteroid Base	Dotama Tenukie Chaudo w/ Kame-Chargers Golem Head w/ Tapeworm
3	Demon Land	Black Dragon
4	Demon Snowland	Skip Elephant
5	Demon Palace	boss rush
6	Demon King's Hall	boss rush Ghost Golem Yohmaoh

Releases

PC-Engine

Rabio Lepus Special was only released on the PC-Engine. It came with a game card, manual, and registration card. The new artwork on the manual cover depicts Rabio rescuing Kotomi from Tenukie Chaudo, the Kame-Chargers, and the Ghost Golem on the spaceship, with Komomo in the background.

Title screen.

Game package.

Game manual cover.

Game manual.

Translated comic from the manual, page 1-2.

Translated comic from the manual, page 3.

Translated Enemy Character Introduction from the manual.

Higher quality raw scan of the previous.

The Rabio plush available with the purchase of Rabio Lepus Special.

Application card for Rabio plush.

Artwork of the royal family in the manual: Kotomi, Komomo, and Taro Kitashirakawa.

Front and back of the HuCARD.

Flyer depicting Rabio, Lepus, and several enemies. The artwork was reused from Rabio Lepus, even though Lepus does not appear in Rabio Lepus Special.

Flyer depicting Rabio and the Moving Core.

Secrets

Unlockables

Note: The following codes should all be entered on the title screen. More than one "mode" can be active at a time; for instance, one can enter the code for Usagi 5 mode then the code for Shield 5 mode to get five lives and five shields at the same time.

• Six credits: Hold Select and press I, II, II, I, I, I, II, II, II, II.
• Expert mode: Hold Select and press I, I, II, II.
• Yellow mode: Hold Select and press I three times, II three times, I three times, II four times. Rabio will start off wearing the yellow ribbon.
• Blue mode: Hold Select and press I four times, II four times, I four times, II four times. Rabio will start off wearing a blue ribbon, which gives him stronger firepower.
• Green mode: Hold Select and press I three times, II three times, I four times, II four times. Rabio will start off wearing a green ribbon, which causes him to fire shots both in front and behind.
• Usagi 5 mode: Hold Select and press I five times, II, I five times, II, I five times, II. Rabio will start off with five lives instead of three.
• Shield 5 mode: Hold Select and press I nine times, II eight times, I seven times, II six times, I five times, II four times, I three times, II, II, I. Rabio will start off with five shields instead of three.
• Shield 4 mode: Hold Select and press I four times, II three times, I, I, II. Rabio will start off with four shields instead of three.

Emulator Cheat Codes

Magic Engine

• Infinite lives: F82187:3
• Infinite shields: F82185:3
• Infinite missiles: F82189:5

Mednafen

• R A 1 L 0 001F0187 03 INFINITE LIVES
• R A 1 L 0 001F0185 03 INFINITE ENERGY
• R A 1 L 0 001F0189 05 INFINITE MISSILES