''XII Stag'' (pronounced ''Twelve Stag''), is a

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arcade game 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 published by

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. Originally released for the Taito G-NET arcade board, and later ported to the PlayStation 2,

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, and PC. Digital Bros published the port in Europe; however, the game was not released in the USA.

Gameplay

Attacks

*Normal shot: Press A. There are 5 shot levels. *Barrier: Press B. Consumes 1 bomb. *Side attack LEVEL1: Tap horizontal direction once, then opposite direction. *Side attack LEVEL2: right, left, left or left, right, right *Back fire attack: When enemy is close to the rear of player's fighter, enemy is automatically damaged.

Multiplier system

When enemy is destroyed by Side attack or Back fire attack, the current score multiplier increases by 1, up to 12. The multiplier decreases by 1 at a time when enemy is not destroyed by either attack for a prolonged time period.

Releases

XIIstag Limited

It is a 1-stage demo of the game that includes Stage 4 of the original game. Full-screen and windowed executables are included. Unlike the original, the objects are 3d objects rendered in software.

XIIZEAL

''XIIZEAL'' is a port of ''XII Stag'' released in 2007 for the Windows Mobile platform. It includes 5 difficulty settings from very easy to very hard, as well as the original soundtrack. This version was later released for Steam in 2015.

Shooting Love. 10 shuunen ~XIIZEAL & ΔZEAL~

The Xbox 360 version is a compilation version that includes XIIZeal and ΔZEAL. DeltaZeal was originally as ''G-Stream G2020'' by Oriental Soft, which was developed by future Triangle Service programmer and founder Toshiaki Fujino.

References

External links

;XIIStag
Triangle service page

Taito PS2 pageNTSC-uk review
;XIIZeal
XIIZeal site
;Shooting Love. 10 shuunen ~XIIZEAL & ΔZEAL~
Triangle Service pageXbox Japan page
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