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Posted 9 July 2023

[PC/Steam Deck] Ikaruga (vertical shoot 'em up) - PEGI 7 - £3.49 @ Steam

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Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

Steam Deck Status (Platinum)

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Ikaruga is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay.
Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets!
Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

Features:

-The player ship, all enemies and bullets are black or white.
Player's polarity can be switched at will.

-Your ship can absorb enemy bullets of the same polarity.
Filled energy goes to fire powerful homing lasers! (Release Power)

-Defeat 3 enemies in a row of the same polarity and get the chain bonus!
Building up high scores feels like a puzzle game?

-Spectacular 3D graphics. Fast and smooth game play.

-2 Players game (Local) and
Double Play Mode: You can play 2 Players game with one controller.

-5 levels. Tactical level design and boss battles.

-3 difficulty levels: EASY, NORMAL, HARD.
Change your tactics depending on the difficulty.

-2 Game modes: ARCADE, PROTOTYPE (not hidden).

-Replay data save is available.
You can also download them from the Leaderboards.

-Vertical screen mode support.
You can also play the game like a side-scrolling shooter by rotating only the game screen.

-Xbox360 controller, Keyboard and Mouse support.

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  1. Bullfrog's avatar
    Bullfrog
    Excellent Old-school arcade shmup. Damned hard though, too much for my aging reflexes.
  2. Shirohige's avatar
    Shirohige
    Genuinely such a good shmup
  3. Bill_Carr_PH's avatar
    Bill_Carr_PH
    Geez, I remember when this was massively sought after on the GameCube… Great, tough game - nails in fact!
    rogersmore's avatar
    rogersmore
    I had a copy of this on the GameCube. Gutted I didn't keep hold of it. Great game too.
  4. Jumpinbeans's avatar
    Jumpinbeans
    They need a remake of xenon2
    IamChris's avatar
    IamChris
    that's a blast from the past! Used to play this on the atari st. one of the first games I ever played.
  5. Wildcard's avatar
    Wildcard
    One of the finest release in the later era on the Dreamcast. So many arcade classics back then. I loved the tilt mode and put my TV on its side, not ideal for the TVs health but it was only a Sony 14inch trintron
  6. Smm0's avatar
    Smm0
    Dreamcast baby.
  7. Arutha's avatar
    Arutha
    Can you play this on a portrait orientation pc monitor, does anyone know? No worries if not
    grrjkr's avatar
    grrjkr
    You can do both
  8. Themission1987's avatar
    Themission1987
    Tate mode
  9. Dean_'s avatar
    Dean_
    Brilliant game and hard as hell. Remember it from the GC days, well worth a buy!
  10. Robdataff's avatar
    Robdataff
    Meh, had this for free with games with gold on xbox. It's hard and old... If you need it on a pc, I'd emulate and rom yourself with some 1945 or something.

    There's a lot of games I loved that haven't aged well. For me this is one of them. Frustrating rather than fun.
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