Genpei Touma Den/Gameplay

Controls

 * Joystick: Use the 8-way joystick to make Kagekiyo run (if he is in his smaller form) and walk (if he is in his larger form) left and right, crouch, and hold his sword high in the air (if he is in his larger form). On Overhead Mode stages, Kagekiyo will run in whatever direction the joystick is pushed.
 * Attack Button: Use this button to make Kagekiyo swing his sword at the enemies. If you hold it down, while Kagekiyo is in his larger form, he will hold it up in front of himself - also, if he collects a Makimono while he is in his larger form, his right arm will start revolving in a clockwise direction.
 * Jump Button: Use this button to make Kagekiyo jump. He can jump to the same height (regardless of whether he is in his smaller or larger form).
 * 1 or 2 Player Buttons: Push these buttons to begin a 1 or 2 player game.

Taira no Kagekiyo (平景清)
The protagonist of the game. Having fallen at the battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, he has now been resurrected over 800 years later and has to make his way over the Imperial Regalia of Japan - fighting other characters who actually existed such as Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Saito Musashibo Benkei, and Minamoto no Yoritomo on his travels. The amount of energy Kagekiyo starts the game with depends on what the arcade operator has set the "Candle" dip switch setting to (40, 50, 60 or 70) and he can increase it by collecting the "Inochi" (blue orbs) that some of the enemies leave behind when killed. However, any kind of contact with enemies will cause injury to Kagekiyo - and if he runs out of energy, he will explode and the game will immediately be over.

Kagekiyo also starts the game with a sword power of 7 (〇七), and can increase it by collecting "Ken" (purple orbs) that some other enemies leave behind when killed; however, if he strikes something that cannot be destroyed, it will cause his sword power to decrease (unless he's collected the glowing Tsurugi Sword). Finally, he starts the game without any Zeni (green orbs) at all - but he can collect the ones that some other enemies leave behind when killed in order to collect Swords, Tawara, and Candles and increase his sword power and energy.

Small and Overhead Mode Enemies
Skull Spider (骸骨) - 100 points and a Zeni

Gaki (餓鬼) - 100 points and two Inochi

Dokuraku (独楽) - 100 points and two Inochi

Namazu (鯰) - 100 points and a Zeni

Jigokusha (地獄車) - 100 points and a Zeni

Wolf (狼) - 100 points and a Zeni

Yahei (矢) - 100 points

Onihime (鬼姫) - 100 points and a Zeni

Heiankyo (平安京) - 1000 points and three Zeni

Fuujin (風神) - 500 points and five Zeni

Raijin (雷神) - 500 points and five Zeni

Daimajin (魔神) - 1000 points and seven Inochi

Ryu (竜) - 1000 points and three Ken

Mitsukubiryu (三首竜) - 1000 points and five Ken

Daidokuraku (大独楽) - 500 points and ten Zeni

Shakutorimushi (尺取虫) - Indestructible

Mukade (大百足) - 1000 points and a poisonous mushroom

Yari Gaikotsu (槍骸骨) - 100 points and a Zeni

Gaikotsu Bune (骸骨船) - 100 points and a Ken

Honeinu (骨犬) - 100 points

Hiushi (火牛) - 100 points and three Inochi

Chimoguri Kouke (地潜り公家) - 100 points and five Zeni

Kishokugan (魂喰眼) - 100 points and a Zeni

Stone Lion (狛犬) - 500 points and a 1000-point bonus item (either a Galaxian Flagship, a Rally-X Special Flag, a New Rally-X Red Car or a Libble Rabble Hoblin)

Big Mode Enemies
Monkey (猿) - 100 points and a Zeni

Kaeru (かえる) - 100 points and a poisonous mushroom

Moth (蛾) - 100 points

Dokuro (骸骨) - 100 points and a poisonous mushroom

Inazuma (イナズマ) - Indestructible

Hitodama (人魂) - 100 points

Hannya (般若) - 100 points and a Ken

Tiger (虎) - 200 points and a Zeni

Ya (矢) - 200 points and a Zeni

Gaikotsu (骸骨) - 200 points and a Zeni

Tekyuu (鉄球) - Indestructible

Saito Musashibo Benkei (弁慶) - 1500-2000 points and a Ken

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) 1500-2000 points and a Ken

Biwa Houshi (琵琶法師) - Indestructible

Usagi (うさぎ) - 100 points and a poisonous mushroom

Kame (かめ) - 100 points and a poisonous mushroom

Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝) - Kagekiyo must have all three sacred items in his possession in order to defeat his arch-enemy.

Powerups

 * Makimono (巻物): Gives Kagekiyo the power to shoot beams across the screen with his sword.
 * Tsuzura (つづら): When Kagekiyo opens these, their contents will either increase his energy, his treasure or his sword power.
 * Inochi (青): Increases Kagekiyo's energy.
 * Zeni (緑): Increases Kagekiyo's treasure (up to 99).
 * Ken (紫): Increases Kagekiyo's sword power (up to 99).
 * Sword (剣): Collect this in order to increase Kagekiyo's sword power by 5 (it costs you 10 Zeni).
 * Tawara (俵): Collect this in order to increase Kagekiyo's energy by 10 (it also costs you 10 Zeni).
 * Candle (蝋燭): Collect this in order to increase Kagekiyo's energy by 10 without affecting your Zeni.

Sacred Items

 * Kagami Mirror (八咒鏡): Makes Kagekiyo invulnerable to lightning attacks.
 * Tsurugi Sword (草薙剣): Prevents Kagekiyo's sword power from going down.
 * Magatama Jewel (八坂瓊曲玉): Makes Kagekiyo invulnerable to the poisonous mushrooms that some enemies leave behind when killed.