Dezaemon 3D

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title: "Dezaemon 3D" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["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"] description: "1998 video game" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezaemon_3D" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1998 video game ::

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Field	Value
title	Dezaemon 3D
image	Dezaemon 3D cover.jpg
developer	Athena
publisher	Athena
released
genre	Game creator, Non-game, scrolling shooter
modes	Single-player
platforms	Nintendo 64
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|title = Dezaemon 3D |image = Dezaemon 3D cover.jpg |developer = Athena |publisher = Athena |engine = |released = |genre = Game creator, Non-game, scrolling shooter |modes = Single-player |platforms = Nintendo 64 Dezaemon 3D is a video game and game editor for Nintendo 64. It was released only in Japan in 1998. It is part of the Dezaemon series that started on the Famicom.

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 64DD.

It includes two sample games: "SOLID GEAR", and "USAGI-san" (Mr. Rabbit).

An English fan translation patch was released in 2024.

Reception

| N64 = 82% 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." 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.

References

References

1. [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/n64/574507-dezaemon-3d ''Dezaemon 3D''] {{Webarchive. link. (2022-10-20 at [[GameFAQs]])
2. Szczepaniak, John. ''[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dezaemon/dezaemon3.htm Dezaemon]''. Hardcore Gamer 101. Pg.3. April 2011.
3. (2 October 2024). "Dezaemon 3D Gets English Translation, Including Nintendo 64DD Functionality". [[Hookshot Media]].
4. (23 October 1999). "Create Your Own Shooter 2 - IGN".
5. Kitts, Martin. (January 1999). "Dezaemon: The hardest game in the World?". Future Publishing.
6. (15 July 1998). "Dezaemon 3D (Import) - IGN".
7. (12 May 2001). "Top Nintendo 64 Imports - IGN".

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