is a

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and game editor for

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. It was released only in

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in 1998.Szczepaniak, John.
Dezaemon
'. Hardcore Gamer 101. Pg.3. April 2011. It is part of the ''Dezaemon'' series that started on the

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. The game editor allows players to design their own shooting levels similar to those shown in '' Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth''. The game has many options, such as creating the stage boss or adding a custom soundtrack for each level. It was originally developed alongside an ultimately unreleased accompanying expansion disk title for the

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. It includes two sample games: "SOLID GEAR", and "USAGI-san" (Mr. Rabbit). An English fan translation patch was released in 2024.

Reception

''N64 Magazine'' noted the difficulty of use in English "without any English instructions", but that "as ''Solid Gear'' ably demonstrates, ''Dezaemon'' is perfectly capable of producing a commercial-standard shooter", and that "given an English translation...we'd buy it just for the music editor." While IGN64 did not give it a full review, their coverage called it a "high quality creativity app" and placed it second on their list of "Top Nintendo 64 Imports" after ''Sin & Punishment'', lamenting that Nintendo did not give it a US release.

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*{{moby game, id=/dezaemon-3d 1998 video games Athena (company) games Japan-exclusive video games Nintendo 64 games Nintendo 64-only games Scrolling shooters Single-player video games Video game level editors Video games developed in Japan