Metamor Jupiter

Metamor Jupiter is a video game in the action genre developed by Flight-Plan Inc. and published by NEC Home Electronics, Ltd. originally released in 1993. It is currently playable on TurboGrafx CD.

The plot of Metamor Jupiter is simple: a biological mutation causes an alien race to spread throughout the galaxy. Armed with advanced technology, the aliens send their machines and robots to engage humanity in a cosmic battle. To counter it, the humans resort to the newly discovered crystal energy to deploy a unit of powerful combat ships, which can change shape in an instant, adapting to every situation.

The player controls one of these ships, and has to fly and shoot through side-scrolling levels populated by normal enemies, bosses and various types of hazards. Other combatants will accompany the player-controlled machine from time to time, but they usually do not survive the robotic onslaught, and the player character is left to fend for himself.

As the premise indicates, the defining feature of the game is the fighter ship's ability to shape-shift. The three main variants have two weapons each, which adapt to different situations. For example, one of the forms has vertical fire, but lacks powerful explosives; another can drop bombs, but has a slow forward beam attack, etc. Each of the forms can pick up power-ups, which will strengthen conventional weapons.

Unlike most shooters of this type, there are no 'lives'; instead, the player-controlled aircraft has a set amount of life points, part of which are depleted when it is hit. Life points can be recovered by picking up power-ups scattered throughout the levels.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.