Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Butasan

Title	Butasan
First release	1987
Developers	Gotch Technology Corp., NMK, Software Creations
Publishers	Hamster Corporation, Jaleco, U.S. Gold
Platforms	Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64, MSX, Sharp X68000, ZX Spectrum
Genre	sports video game
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	Yes
Releases	Arcade: 1987-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q5002372

Players control pigs that throw bombs at other pigs.

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q5002372) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

TheGamesDB (38864) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (butasanj) · last updated 2026-10-07 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`butasanj` · clone of `butasan`
Title at ADB	Butasan (Japan, Japanese)
Manufacturer	NMK (Jaleco license)
Year	1987
Genre	Shooter / Walking
Players	2
MAME driver status	IMPERFECT

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (NMK (Jaleco license)); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (mame-title+year) · fetched 2026-10-07 17:02 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Hamster Corporation · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Hamster Corporation · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: zxdb (upstream ZXDB (Einar Saukas et al.) via ZXInfo / World of Spectrum mirror) · © Hamster Corporation · internal use only.

Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Hamster Corporation · internal use only.

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Videos

[1cc] Butasan [ARCADE] 650,480 🐷

ILLSeaBass · Arcade version · longplay · 11:49auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

Butasan (X68000)

Enrique G. Gálvez · Sharp X68000 version · gameplay · 6:35auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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