''Trizeal'' is a Japanese

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developed by

Triangle Service Triangle Service is a small Japanese video game developer. They develop games in the shoot 'em up genre (known as STG in Japan). It was founded by programmer Toshiaki Fujino in 2002. History Fujino had previously been a programmer of Konami C ...

and released as an

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in 2005. It was ported to the

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and

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Gameplay

Players control and can transform a spaceship into three forms (which alternates weapon attacks), working through multiple levels and

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sequences. The game can be played in four different screen modes, with one mode mimicking the narrow arcade version. A ship from Triangle Service's previous release, ''

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'', is hidden in the game and can be unlocked by holding the "X" button before selecting a stage in Stage Attack mode. The power-ups can be used to upgrade each separate weapon respectively. There are 6 levels in the game, they get progressively harder until the last stage which consists of only two bosses. Two unlockable modes become available when the game is completed, they are Omake mode and Lifting mode. Omake mode is a short level which has denser bullet patterns than the normal game, lifting mode is where you have to juggle a stone on your ship to score points.

Marketing

Between the arcade and Dreamcast releases of Trizeal, the developer released a 'SOS statement' claiming the arcade game had suffered poor sales, and if TRIZEAL for Dreamcast did not sell well, the company would not be able to produce the next one. Furthermore, it also claimed it would not be a net-only release because it wanted the game be displayed in shops.

'' Trizeal Remix ''

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Sequel

A sequel, '' Exzeal'', was released in 2007.

References

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External links

Triangle Service page
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2004 video games Arcade video games Dreamcast games Mobile games PlayStation 2 games Scrolling shooters Video games developed in Japan Single-player video games