Play Osomatsu-kun Hachamecha Gekijou Online

Osomatsu-kun Hachamecha Gekijou came out for the Sega Genesis in 1988, developed and published by Sega. It was part of that early wave of console games based on the long-running Osomatsu-kun anime and manga series, a time when licensed titles were often simple action platformers trying to capture a show's spirit.

You control one of the six Matsuno brothers, typically Osomatsu, navigating side scrolling stages. Your main goal is to get through each level, which involves a lot of jumping across platforms and dealing with the various oddball characters that pop up from the show. A couple of the game's notable mechanics are the ability to switch between the sextuplets on the fly, each with a slightly different ability, and using items you find to temporarily change your form or attack. The pacing is brisk, and the difficulty can feel a bit unforgiving with some precise jumps required. It feels like a chaotic, slightly messy trip through the source material's world.