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. The game was later ported to the

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''. ''Pu·Li·Ru·La'' is known for its elaborate

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art style and bizarre enemy characters.

Story

''Pu·Li·Ru·La'' takes place in Radishland, a land where time is kept correctly flowing with a time key. However, "a bad man appeared and stole the time key to stop the time flow. The towns were attacked one by one, the time flow was stopped and they received damage", as the English translation explains. Zac and Mel, the playable characters, are requested by an old man to defend their town. The old man also gives the children a "magic stick" to fight with.Sexual Moments in video game history
Retrieved April 15, 2008

Gameplay

''Pu·Li·Ru·La'' is a basic

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action game. Player 1 controls Zac and Player 2 controls Mel (who is based on

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). Both characters are identical control-wise. The flow of the game consists of fighting through enemies until the player reaches the boss at the end of the area. When enemies are hit, they turn into animals and run off the screen. The player is awarded points if they walk into the animals.

Release and legacy

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'' is based on ''Pu·Li·Ru·La''. The enemies and boss characters are from this game. A limited-edition soundtrack was released for ''Pu·Li·Ru·La'' by

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on July 17, 1992. Zac has also appeared as an assist character in ''

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'' for iOS and Android in 2016.

Other media

* Zac and Mel make a cameo in the episode 17 from ''

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Reception

French magazine ''Game Fan'' praised the game.

References

External links

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