is a horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up

Shoot 'em up

Shoot 'em up is a subgenre of shooter video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre in turn encompasses various types or subgenres and critics differ on exactly what...

 arcade game

Arcade game

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...

 developed and published by Allumer

Allumer

, was a video game production company founded and headquartered in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. The company suspended business in October 5, .-Arcade:* Blandia * Great Swordsman * Joshi Volleyball * Mad Shark...

. It is the first game created by Allumer under their label. It was modeled after Irem's arcade hit R-Type

R-Type

is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The player controls a space fighter named R-9a "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later discovered to be not entirely alien in origin...

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Gameplay

Taking place in the year 2191, the player pilots a recently developed space fighter, the SR-91, through six stages to defend the Earth from a two year long alien invasion. The SR-91 uses the VAWs (Variable Armor and Weapon System) which uses the Optica Weapon Arms. The Arms shield the ship from top and bottom attacks, provides back-up fire and using its Arm System can be positioned to fire in 90° angles behind and around the ship. The player could also have the VAWs spread out providing wider shots. The SR-91 could use one of three different pick-up weapons including the straight firing Laser, the wide-firing Ring Laser or the rebounding Ball Shot; the only other pick-up items were Speed Ups and Speed Downs. Extends were set at the first 70,000 points and was added with every 80,000.

External links

• Rezon at arcade-history