<s>
is	O
a	O
1994	B-Application
Japanese	O
action	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Game	O
Freak	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
in	O
1995	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
2007	B-Application
and	O
2009	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
+	O
Expansion	O
Pack	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
end	O
result	O
of	O
their	O
love	O
was	O
the	O
birth	O
of	O
a	O
half	O
human	O
,	O
half	O
C-Life	O
boy	O
named	O
Pulseman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pulseman	B-Application
was	O
unique	O
in	O
that	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
remain	O
inside	O
a	O
computer	O
to	O
survive	O
and	O
had	O
the	O
power	O
to	O
channel	O
electricity	O
through	O
his	O
body	O
,	O
using	O
it	O
both	O
as	O
a	O
weapon	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
of	O
quick	O
transport	O
through	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
Volteccer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
system	O
known	O
as	O
EUREKA	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
C-Life	O
beings	O
to	O
manifest	O
in	O
the	O
human	O
world	O
,	O
Doc	O
Waruyama	O
establishes	O
the	O
Galaxy	O
Gang	O
,	O
spreading	O
a	O
new	O
wave	O
of	O
cyber-terrorism	O
across	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
Pulseman	B-Application
must	O
fight	O
his	O
own	O
father	O
and	O
put	O
an	O
end	O
to	O
his	O
gang	O
for	O
the	O
sake	O
of	O
the	O
free	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
first	O
announced	O
,	O
Pulseman	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
named	O
Spark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
staff	O
members	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
Pulseman	B-Application
would	O
later	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Pokémon	O
series	O
,	O
including	O
Sugimori	O
,	O
designer	O
Satoshi	O
Tajiri	O
,	O
artist	O
Atsuko	O
Nishida	O
and	O
composer	O
Junichi	O
Masuda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
1994	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
North	O
American	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1995	B-Application
via	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pulseman	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
2007	B-Application
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
2009	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
library	O
of	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
games	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
subscription	O
service	O
's	O
Expansion	O
Pack	O
subscription	O
tier	O
on	O
April	O
18	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
,	O
it	O
received	O
praise	O
from	O
multiple	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Pulseman	B-Application
,	O
giving	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
8.0	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
therefore	O
receiving	O
IGN	O
's	O
Editor	O
's	O
choice	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
