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Place à un platformer d'arcade méconnu mais attachant, sorti des ateliers de NMK en janvier 1987 : Psychic 5.**\n### Un jeu discret aux origines solides\nTroisième titre développé par Nihon Maicom Kaihatsu (NMK) pour l'éditeur Jaleco — après Argus et Valtric — Psychic 5 débarque dans les salles d'arcade japonaises en janvier 1987. La borne tourne sur un hardware relativement simple : deux processeurs Zilog Z80 cadencés à 6 MHz, une paire de puces sonores Yamaha YM2203, et un joystick 8 directions à deux boutons. Le jeu ne connaîtra aucun portage officiel à l'identique ; seul un titre Famicom, Esper Boukentai, en reprendra les bases quelques mois plus tard. Ce n'est qu'en 2023 qu'un remake, Psychic 5 Eternal, verra enfin le jour sur Nintendo Switch.\n\n  \n\n### Cinq espers, un marteau, et beaucoup de sauts planés\nLe joueur incarne l'un des cinq personnages dotés de pouvoirs psychiques — des enfants aux profils stéréotypés directement inspirés des dessins animés japonais des années 70. Deux personnages sont disponibles dès le départ ; les trois autres se débloquent en brisant des fioles cachées dans les niveaux. Chaque esper possède ses propres caractéristiques : force, vitesse, capacité de saut ou de vol stationnaire. Ce dernier point est au cœur du gameplay : maintenir la direction vers le haut ralentit la chute, transformant chaque saut en un exercice de précision aérien. Sur huit niveaux en forme de labyrinthes, l'objectif est d'atteindre le boss central à coup de marteau — mais sous cette surface accessible se cache une profondeur de scoring que seuls les joueurs les plus minutieux exploitent pleinement.\n### Le défi One Credit\nPsychic 5 est un jeu qui peut se laisser traverser sans trop de résistance en ligne droite pour les habitués du genre. Mais le finir en un seul crédit tout en maîtrisant la gestion des personnages et les recoins de chaque labyrinthe, c'est une autre affaire. À vos marteaux.\nPour plus d’information technique sur Psychic 5 rendez-vous sur [sa page Recalbox MAME DB](https://recalbox-mame-db.recalbox.com/fbneo1.0.0.03/psychic5/).\n\n### 🏆Les règles du challenge\n\nVotre objectif sera de réaliser le meilleur score en un seul crédit.\nLe challenge se tient du 16 au 30 avril 23h59. Vous avez autant de tentatives que vous le souhaitez.\n\n📢 Comment participer ?\n\n- Lancez le jeu (rom : *psychic5.zip*) \n- Jouez et tentez de battre le meilleur score\n- Prenez une capture d’écran ou une photo de votre score final\n- Partagez votre score sur le [canal Discord #challenges](https://discord.com/channels/438014472049917953/1247992196007858249) en indiquant votre pseudo et votre score.\n\n  \n\n### ⚖️ Règles à respecter\n\nPour garantir l’équité du challenge :\nLe score doit être réalisé en un seul crédit, sans save state, rewind, cheats, ni auto-fire (sauf si prévu dans le jeu).\nGentlemen’s agreement : l’utilisation de glitchs permettant de gonfler artificiellement le score est également interdite\n\n\n### 🎁 Récompenses et fair-play\n\nLe challenge vise avant tout à découvrir des jeux, partager des astuces et, bien sûr, s’amuser, le tout dans un esprit de compétition toujours bienvenu !\n\nLe vainqueur remportera une clé de jeu (GOG, Steam, etc.) à choisir parmi une liste d’environ 100 titres.\nSi vous avez gagné un challenge dans les trois derniers mois, la récompense ira au suivant.\n\nVotre classement sera ajouté au tableau des scores du One Credit Challenge.\nLe champion de la première saison repartira au choix avec un RGB Dual 2 offert ou un an d’abonnement [Patreon Recalbox](https://www.recalbox.com/fr/patreon/).\n\nBonne chance à toutes et à tous, et que le meilleur score l’emporte !\n\n
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