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According to a report in a game magazine in 2016-4, it was being handled at the Super Potato Akihabara store for 128,000 yen.
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 18.67 out of 30, as shown below.
The game sold over 400,000 copies, helping to launch the Gundam video game franchise.
Only 1,000 copies of this second version were ever released, making it among the rarest video games in history.
The original version of Hot Scramble was given a limited production run of 1,000 copies, released as part of a contest from Bandai.
According to Endō, the game sold over 400,000 copies.
As of 2020, over 30 million Gundam games have been sold, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
Famitsu listed it as the best-selling shooter game for home systems in Japan between 1986 and 1992.
As of 2020, over 30 million Gundam games have been sold, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
A reviewer for Family Computer Magazine praised the first-person shooting segments for being fun to play, comparing them to games such as Star Luster, as well as the amount of Gundam robots that were included.
Comparing it to other Gundam games available, Carlo praised Hot Scramble for being a pure-action game instead of a text-heavy tactical role-playing game.
He enjoyed the game's first-person levels for being technologically-impressive for the Famicom, commenting that they have a "stunning" execution, but criticized the side-scrolling levels for their controls and poor background designs.
The existence of a final version distinct from the retail release had long been known among collectors, but the details were told for the first time by the man himself in a thread about the game started on the retro game board in 2001.
It was one of only two games released under the Famicom Mini Extra brand, alongside Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen, and was produced as a raffle prize to those that purchased Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senshitachi no Kiseki on the GameCube.
A reviewer for Family Computer Magazine praised the first-person shooting segments for being fun to play, comparing them to games such as Star Luster, as well as the amount of Gundam robots that were included.
He enjoyed the game's first-person levels for being technologically-impressive for the Famicom, commenting that they have a "stunning" execution, but criticized the side-scrolling levels for their controls and poor background designs.
Most of the members of the location test team that Bandai put together were primary school pupils, and the final version layout that Endo had prepared is said to have been unpopular because it was too difficult.
When it was received poorly during playtesting, Bandai retooled the game to include side-scrolling levels and an easier difficulty.
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