Akira (video game)

Akira is a graphic adventure game based on the 1989 animated movie of Katsuhiro Otomo's epic Manga. Released in 1988 by Taito for the Famicom console, the video game version has the player in the role of Kaneda. Events begin with Kaneda and his motorcycle gang in police custody after their friend Tetsuo has been abducted by the military.

Gameplay
Progress in the game is made by selecting actions from a list. Your current location is depicted in a static image, often redrawn from the movie. Your progress can be recorded with the help of passwords.

It's important to note that as this game is entirely in Japanese text. It is very difficult for players who don't understand the language to progress very far.

Other Akira video games
To date there have been three games based on Akira. This Famicom entry was the first followed by a British made action game in 1994 for the Amiga/CD32 and the most recent in 2002 by Bandai for the Playstation 2. This last game is called Akira Psycho Ball and takes the unusual form of a Pinball simulation. There was also an unreleased, unleaked, apparently unfinished Super Famicom game based on Akira.