Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!

Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!
Original Japanese cover art
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Designer(s)	Satoru Okada
Composer(s)	Akihiro Juuichiya Shinji Tasaka Yoshiyuki Hagiwara[1]
Series	Goemon
Engine	A variation of the Ganbare Goemon! engine
Platform(s)	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, 3DS Virtual Console
Release date(s)	Game Boy ^JP December 25, 1991 Konami GB Collection Vol. 2 ^JP December 11, 1997 Konami GB Collection Vol. 3 ^EU 2000 3DS Virtual Console ^JP June 27, 2012
Genre(s)	Platformer
Mode(s)	Single-player

Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru! (がんばれゴエモン さらわれたエビス丸, "Persevere Goemon: Kidnapped Ebisumaru!") is a Game Boy game and the first game in the series released in for a portable system in 1991. Gameplay is similar to Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū which was released on the Famicom. Only Goemon is playable, and the game consists of him rescuing Ebisumaru; Sasuke and Yae do not make appearances.

Release history

It was originally only released in Japan. In 1997 Konami started releasing the Konami GB Collection, a collection of four older Konami games re-released with Super Game Boy color palette and borders added. Goemon was released in Volume 2 in Japan. In 2000 they were again updated for the Game Boy Color, translated, and released in Europe.^[2] For the European release the order for the games was altered so what was Vol. 4 in Japan became Vol. 2, with the Japanese Vol. 2 and 3 becoming Vol. 3 and 4. For the European port the title screen was changed to Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, and just "Starring Goemon" on the game select screen since the most recent Goemon games released in Europe were Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon and Goemon's Great Adventure. The original Game Boy version of the game was released on the 3DS Virtual Console in Japan in 2012.

References

1. Composer information at Portable Music History
2. GameFAQS Entry for Konami GB Collection Vol. 3