Rent-A-Hero No. 1

16-year old Taro Yamada is an average kid, living in the suburbs of Japan with
his family. One day, while his parents are hosting a party, Taro ends up with
the duty of ordering pizza; the pizza deliveryman arrives bearing not only the
meal but an additional gift: the Rent A Hero combat armor. After unwittingly
knocking his father out, Taro seeks training from the Sega fighting master
Segata Sanshiro and becomes a part-time hero fighting crime and taking odd
jobs, eventually going up against the evil Dr. Trouble.

_Rent A Hero No. 1_ is a remake of the 1991 Mega Drive original. The game
plays out as an action RPG with a fighting system similar to Spikeout. The
player controls Taro Yamada as he takes jobs from the SECA Corporation to pay
the equipment fees for his Rent A Hero combat armor. He learns a wide variety
of moves throughout the game, but must remember that he can only do anything
useful with his power armor, and must make sure he keeps his batteries charged
(by purchasing authentic Sanyo-brand batteries at the local convenience
store). The game is steeped in Sega references and Japanese culture, with even
the game’s manual patterned on the comic magazine _Big Comic Spirits_.