History VideoGame / ForgottenWorlds

--> '''Sylphie''': ''Thank you so mach''.

The game was quite successful back then, getting ported to many consoles and home computers of the time, including the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis (which had to cut a few things, like voiceovers and two stages) and later the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafxCD (which removed two-player co-op, but included a bunch of bonus features). The main characters were also brought back somewhat reguarly in several of the company's {{Crossover}} games.

* DubNameChange: The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis manual changed Sylphie's name to Mirabella. It also changed the names of the War God and Bios into Iron Warlod and War Tyrant, respectively.

* SaltAndPepper: Player 1 is white and Player 2 is black.

* GameBreakingBug: The Sega Genesis port would crash to a black screen if played with a 6-button controller.

* PressStartToGameOver: In the Genesis version, upon starting the game with a 6-button controller connected on either controller port (when the MODE button is not held upon startup) would trigger a bug to instantly get a game over (also when a 6-button controller is plugged in during gameplay).

* DubNameChange: The UsefulNotes/MegaDrive manual changed Sylphie's name to Mirabella. It also changed the names of the War God and Bios into Iron Warlod and War Tyrant, respectively.

* CoolShades

** Several to FistOfTheNorthStar: War God looks like a gigantic version of Raoh, while Fujin and Raijin resemble Fuga and Raiga.

* MoreDakka: It is a {{SHMUP}}, after all. The default WeaponOfChoice given to the soldiers in all their cameos is the machine gun.

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''Forgotten Worlds'' (''Lost Worlds'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is a sci fi-themed [[ShootEmUp shoot'em]] by Creator/{{Capcom}}, released for the arcades in 1988. Notable for being the first game to run on the CP System arcade hardware, which powered the majority of Capcom's subsequent arcade releases for the next few years. ''Forgotten Worlds'' makes use of a rotating control scheme known as "Roll Switch" that allows aiming at 18 possible directions, something of a novelty back then, as well as a system of supporting satellites that adds a large variety of different weapon options (from {{reflecting laser}}s to napalm bombs). These weapons are purchasable from shops that literally rise from the ground/walls, attended by a girl named Sylphie, using [[FictionalCurrency zennies]] collected from defeated {{mooks}}.

* DualBoss: Raijin & Fujin.

The game was quite succesful back then, getting ported to many consoles and home computers of the time, including the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis (which had to cut a few things, like voiceovers and two stages) and later the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafxCD (which removed two-player co-op, but included a bunch of bonus features). The main characters were also brought back somewhat reguarly in several of the company's {{Crossover}} games.

* AncientEgypt: The setting of Stages 4 trough 6, the ''[[PyramidPower Pyramid World]]''.

* LevelInTheClouds: The Sky World (stages 6-7) has the player make their was across a cloudy landscape scratched by frozen elephants, dragon sculptures and tall buildings. There's also a brief part that shows a cherry blossom forest ''above'' the clouds.

* PoweredArmor: Player 1 starts battle [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]], while Player 2 wears a dark blue tank top, and get their more iconic armored look after picking up armor upgrades which provides limited protection (from three or five hits, depending on whether it's the weaker or stronger armor).