Cotton Reboot! (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.4 Update

Cotton Roboot! is a scrolling shooter video game developed by Success and originally released in Japanese arcades in 1991. In the first installment in the Cotton series, players assume the role of the young witch Cotton who, alongside her fairy companion Silk, sets out on her broomstick on a quest to defeat several monsters and get her Willow candy. Its gameplay mainly consists of shooting mixed with role-playing game elements using a main two-button configuration. It ran on the Sega System 16 hardware.

First launched in arcades, it was later ported to multiple platforms, each one featuring several changes or additions compared with the original version. Cotton proved to be popular among players in Japanese arcades, earning several awards from Gamest magazine, however, the console ports have been met with mixed reception from critics. It is regarded as a key title in the “cute ’em up” sub-genre.

GAMEPLAY

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is a scrolling shooter game reminiscent of Parodius where players assume the role of a young witch named Cotton who, alongside her fairy companion Silk, travels various increasingly difficult levels through a fantasy dream-like world on a quest to defeat several monsters and get her Willow candy.

Players must blast various monsters and avoid being shot while collecting crystal power-ups to enhance Cotton’s firepower and unleash powerful magic spells on enemies, in addition to bombs capable of obliterating enemies. The game incorporates some role-playing game elements, as players can level up their attack up to 13 levels.

The player has lives represented by an arrow and three lives, though only one hit is allowed per life and the game is over once all lives are lost unless more credits are inserted into the arcade machine to continue playing.