{{Short description|1988 video game}}{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{redirect|Dr. Kubota|other uses|Kubota (surname)}} {{Infobox video game | title = Ordyne | image = Ordyne arcadeflyer.png | caption = Japanese arcade flyer | developer = Namco | publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Namco|NA|NEC}} | composer = Shinji Hosoe | platforms = Arcade, TurboGrafx-16 | genre = Scrolling shooter | modes = Single-player, multiplayer | arcade system = Namco System 2 | released = '''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|JP|September 1988}} '''TurboGrafx-16'''{{vgrelease|JP|September 8, 1989|NA|March 1990}} }}
{{nihongo foot|'''''Ordyne'''''|オーダイン|Ōdain|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed and published by Namco. It was released as an arcade video game in September 1988, only in Japan. A conversion to the TurboGrafx-16 was released in 1989 and internationally in March 1990 by NEC.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Akagi |first=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |isbn=978-4990251215 |location=Japan |page=52 |language=ja |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 1990 |title=Availability Update |url=https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/17157094-bc0c-45b7-8447-d4e398ee6a1c |work=Computer Entertainer |page=16 |volume=9 |issue=1}}</ref>
==Gameplay== left|thumb|An arcade screenshot showing Yūichirō confronting the game's first boss.
Players take control of the genius scientist Yuichiro Tomari and his Chinese assistant Sunday Chin as they attempt to rescue Tomari's fiancée, Kana Aibara from the evil Dr. Kubota and his army of robotic minions. The enemies all follow preset patterns, and killing a group of smaller ones or a larger one leaves crystals behind that can be collected and exchanged for special weapons, extra lives, and even more crystals at a shop or by defeating a robot. This game has a total of seven levels, and a boss is fought at the end of each one. One hit will kill Yūichirō and Sunday, unless either of them has a power-up cameo appearance of Pac-Man which can tank one hit for the characters.
==Reception== {{Expand section|date=March 2026}}{{Video game reviews | Fam = 28/40<ref name="Famitsu">{{cite magazine |title=オーダイン (PCE) |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7063&redirect=no |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Kadokawa Corporation |access-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731114512/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7063&redirect=no |archive-date=31 July 2019 |language=ja}}</ref> | IGN = 7/10<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |last1=M. Thomas |first1=Lucas |title=Ordyne (Virtual Console) (Wii) |url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/786/786109p1.html |publisher=IGN |access-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230024005/http://wii.ign.com/articles/786/786109p1.html |archive-date=30 December 2007 |url-status=dead |date=7 May 2007}}</ref> | NLife = 7/10<ref name="NLife">{{cite web |author1=Nintendo Life Staff |title=Ordyne Review (TG-16) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/tg16/ordyne |website=Nintendo Life |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113034152/http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/tg16/ordyne |archive-date=13 January 2019 |date=8 May 2007}}</ref> | rev1 = ''PC Engine FAN'' | rev1Score = 22.54/30<ref>{{cite news |title=10月号特別付録 PCエンジンオールカタログ'93 |agency=PC Engine FAN |issue=10 |publisher=Tokuma Shoten |date=1 October 1993 |volume=6 |page=72 |language=ja}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Power Play'' | rev2Score = <ref name="PPlay">{{cite news |title=Videospiele - Ordyne |url=https://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1990-02 |access-date=14 June 2020 |agency=Power Play |publisher=Markt & Technik |date=February 1990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422073441/https://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1990-02 |archive-date=22 April 2017 |page=66 |language=de}}</ref> | rev3 = ''TurboPlay'' | rev3Score = 7/10<ref name="TPlay">{{cite news |title=Closer Look - Ordyne |url=http://archives.tg-16.com/TURBOPLAY/TP-01-22.jpg |access-date=14 June 2020 |agency=TurboPlay |issue=June/July 1990 |publisher=Larry Flynt Publications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105225721/http://archives.tg-16.com/TURBOPLAY/TP-01-22.jpg |archive-date=5 January 2017 |page=22}}</ref> }}
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Ordyne'' as the second most successful table arcade unit of October 1988.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=343|publisher=Amusement Press|date=1 November 1988|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref>
== Legacy == The game was included in ''Namco Museum Volume 4'' for the Sony PlayStation. The TurboGrafx-16 version was released on the Wii's Virtual Console in 2007. Hamster Corporation released the arcade version outside Japan for the first time as part of their ''Arcade Archives'' series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hagues |first=Alana |date=2022-11-03 |title=Nintendo Download: 3rd November (North America) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/11/nintendo-download-3rd-november-north-america |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{KLOV game|id=8931}}
Category:1988 video games Category:Arcade Archives games Category:Arcade video games Category:Cute 'em ups Category:Hamster Corporation games Category:Horizontally scrolling shooters Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Namco arcade games Category:Namco games Category:NEC video games Category:TurboGrafx-16 games Category:Video games developed in Japan Category:Video games scored by Shinji Hosoe Category:Virtual Console games Category:Virtual Console games for Wii