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Espgaluda
is a 2003 manic shooter by Cave and published by AMI. It is the spiritual successor to '' ESP Ra.De.'' and is followed by ''Espgaluda II''. Gameplay Espgaluda is an arcade game which involves firing bullets and lasers at enemies, with the ultimate goal being to gain points and make it through all of the game's levels. The player character has an energy gauge that can be depleted either by using a shield attack or being hit by a bullet, which activates an automatic guard barrier. When this barrier is activated, the player fires a laser and is momentarily invincible. If the gauge is depleted when the player character is hit by the bullet, the player loses a life. The player collects gems and, when they enter Kakusei mode, the gem counter drains. While draining, the enemies turn purple, and the bullets and enemies begin to move more slowly. When enemies are defeated, their bullets turn gold, which adds to the score multiplier. When it ends, the player goes into Kakusei Over mode, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espgaluda II
''Espgaluda II'' (エスプガルーダII) is a bullet hell shoot'em up originally released by Cave in the arcades in 2005 as a sequel to '' Espgaluda''. An Xbox 360 release, titled ''Espgaluda II Black Label'', was released in 2010 in Japan. It was released in September 2021 for the Switch worldwide. Gameplay Instead of having to repeatedly tap the shot button for rapid fire, the feature is on by default. In most of Cave's other manic shooter games, rapid fire is usually an option that must be enabled through the game's BIOS by an arcade operator. The game still utilizes the Kakusei, or Awakening, mode from the first game, where enemies and bullets are slowed down at the cost of collectible green gems, or Seireiseki. In this mode, any enemies that are defeated have their remaining bullets on screen transformed into gold ingots that can be collected to boost the player's score. ''Espgaluda II'' also adds the ability for enemies to release yet another set of shots when they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |