Konami released Devastators into wide release in 1988. Capitalising on the popularity of Contra, Devastators took on the similar plot device of two guys taking on hordes of enemies. It was set in the far flung future of 1989 and involved a Middle Eastern dictator who had taken over a small country. The country in turn hires the two main characters to save them and according to the flyer, these badasses were “the best, most efficient, ruthless, disciplined and most expensive 2-man team of freedom fighters in the world.” Man, that’s a whole lot of adjectives. More »
