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[[File:Monster_Attack.jpg|thumb|300px|Monster Attack PS2 Cover]]'''''Simple 2000 Vol. 31: The Earth Defense Force '''('''Monster Attack''' in Europe)''''' '''is the first game in the ''Earth Defense Force'' series. It was released for PS2 and all subsequent games follow its concept.
[[File:Monster_Attack.jpg|thumb|300px|Monster Attack PS2 Cover]]'''''Simple 2000 Vol. 31: The Earth Defense Force '''('''Monster Attack''' in Europe)''''' '''is the first game in the ''Earth Defense Force'' series. It was released for PS2 and all subsequent games follow its concept.
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Like all other games in the ''EDF'' series
(
with the solitary exception of ''[[Insect Armageddon]]''
, being an American-made game)
, it was released in Japan prior to being released elsewhere: it was released in 2003 with
international
release in 2004.
The ''Chikyuu Boueigun'' (''Earth Defense Force'') was part of a series of budget games produced in Japan known as the Simple series. It was by far the most complex game in the series, largely due to using the existing engine Sandlot had developed for the 2002 game ''Robot Alchemic Drive''.
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Like all other games in the ''EDF'' series with the solitary exception of ''[[Insect Armageddon]]'', it was released in Japan prior to being released elsewhere: it was released in 2003 with
a PAL
release in 2004.
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The
game
reached a moderate level of success in Japan and was then released in Europe. It is one of only two franchises of the Simple series to be released outside of Japan, the other being ''OneeChanbara''. While Sandlot were eager to release the game in North America, Sony were not; it is not clear what the reason for this was, though a certain event that made America less happy about images of skyscrapers exploding may have been a factor.
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==
Development
==
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The ''Chikyuu Boueigun'' (''Earth Defense Force'') was part of a series of budget games produced in Japan known as the Simple 2000 series, a successor to the PS1 Simple 1500 series. It was by far the most complex game in the series, largely due to using the existing engine Sandlot had developed for the 2002 game ''Robot Alchemic Drive''.
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The game reached a moderate level of success in Japan and was then released in PAL regions; the same was true of many Simple games, which were released by Midas Interactive Entertainment, Agetec or 505 GameStreet.
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While Sandlot were eager to release the game in North America, Sony were not; it is not clear what the reason for this was, though a certain event that made America less happy about images of skyscrapers exploding may have been a factor.
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== Description ==
Monster Attack features [[Levels|25 missions]] with 5 [[Difficulty Levels|difficulties]] to choose from (Easy, Normal, Hard, Chaos and Inferno) and can unlock "over 100 weapons" (111, to be exact).
Monster Attack features [[Levels|25 missions]] with 5 [[Difficulty Levels|difficulties]] to choose from (Easy, Normal, Hard, Chaos and Inferno) and can unlock "over 100 weapons" (111, to be exact).
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The game uses the same armor system found in 2017,
when
you
pick
up
armor
you
gain
health
at
the
end
of
the mission
,
it
also
has
weapon
drops
which
give
a
random
weapon
depending
on
difficulty
at
the
end
of
the
level
.[[File:Monster_Attack_Japan.jpg|thumb|Japanese Box art for Monster Attack]]
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The game uses the same armor system found in 2017,
with
Armor
[[Items]]
found
in
levels
providing
a permanent increase
to
the
character's
maximum health if
the mission
is
completed.
The
game
has
the
fastest
armor
growth
of
any
EDF
game,
with
4
points
of
health gained per armor
pickup
.[[File:Monster_Attack_Japan.jpg|thumb|Japanese Box art for Monster Attack]]
It also has a versus mode which allows split-screen players to fight against each other, under their customised choice of terrain.
It also has a versus mode which allows split-screen players to fight against each other, under their customised choice of terrain.
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The enemies included in the game are [[Ants]] (black, red and queen), [[Carriers
|Dropships
]]
(carriers)
, [[Mothership]], UFO
's which shoot lasers and maneuver similar to gunships (also elite versions)
,
"alien
walkers
"
similar
to
[[
Hectors|hectors
]]
and
a
Godzilla
-like
dinosaur boss which breathes fire; also a stronger variant of this dinosaur appears later, just like in 2017
.
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The enemies included in the game are [[Ants]] (black, red and queen), [[Carriers]],
a
[[Mothership]],
[[
UFO
|UFOs]]
,
[[Daroga]]
walkers
and
the
[[
Saurous
]]
,
an
enormous
lizard
-like
monster
.
==Storyline==
==Storyline==
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There are three [[Vehicles|vehicles]] featured in this game similar to the folling games in the Earth Defense Force Series:
There are three [[Vehicles|vehicles]] featured in this game similar to the folling games in the Earth Defense Force Series:
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[[
Tank|
E551
Tank
]], has a 120mm cannon and thick armor.
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[[E551
Gigantus
]], has a 120mm cannon and thick armor.
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[[
Helicopter|
EF24
Helicopter
]], armed with machine guns
but no rockets unlike 2017
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[[EF24
Bazelart
]], armed with machine guns
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[[
Hover Bike|
SDL2
Hover bike
]], fast bike that hovers in midair, has low health and a useable machine gun.
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[[SDL2]]
Hoverbike
, fast bike that hovers in midair, has low health and a useable machine gun.
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==Manual==
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''"The manual I recieved was in good condition but was not organised properly.''
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''The first page is page 5 with English controls for vehicles, page 6 which covers items and hud. It then goes to page 16 and then back to page 11 and continues to 16.''
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''Overall there is a couple of languages explaining about the menu's aswell as controls, but the only English in my manual told about how to use vehicles and about the hud and effects of items."'' — [[User:WhiteLion02|WhiteLion02]] 16:36, September 2, 2011 (UTC)
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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It
is
possible that ''[[EDF 2017]]''
was
a
remake of this game
as
they're
both
set
in ''
2017''
,
has
reused
sound effects, shares the same modes of versus and split-screen and also boasts a large choice of weapons, some used in ''
2017''
(example: Goliath, ML-R and Rebounding bullet guns.) Levels in both games are similar, the dinosaur boss stage, the robots coming from out at sea and being on a beach and [[Crimson|being attacked by red ants for the first time
]]
, both happen on ''2017'' and ''Monster Attack''
.
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*
The
game
was
later
remade
as
[[Earth
Defense
Force
2017
|
''
Earth
Defense
Force
2017'']].
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL642E3E234D15395E&feature=viewall Easy difficulty playthrough of Monster Attack] by [http://theearthdefenseforce.wikia.com/wiki/User:WhiteLion02 WhiteLion]
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