Karous

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Karous
System(s): Sega NAOMI GD-ROM, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Milestone Inc.
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Dreamcast
Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Vertical Scroll Shooting/Tate Scroll Shooting (縦スクロールシューティング)[1][2], Shooting[3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (NAOMI GD-ROM)
JP
¥? GDL-0040






















Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e[2] T-47803M
CERO: A

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Karous (カラス) is a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up developed and published by Milestone Inc.. It was originally released on November 15, 2006 for the Sega NAOMI GD-ROM arcade platform, and was ported to the Sega Dreamcast. Upon its Japan-only launch on March 8, 2007, Karous became the last game to be officially released on the Dreamcast.

The game bears stylistic similarities to Milestone's previous Dreamcast release Radirgy, as they both use cel-shaded graphics and are of the same genre.

History

Legacy

The game was later ported to the Wii as Karous Wii (カラスWii), then released internationally in a compilation with other Milestone games (UFO's "Ultimate Shooting Collection").

Magazine articles

Main article: Karous/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

NAOMI version

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №175, p92
63 №952
Sega Dreamcast
62
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
60
[4]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[5]
Sega Dreamcast
62
Based on
2 reviews

Karous

Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
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Disc
Karous DC JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments

External links

References

  1. File:Karous dc jp cover.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/070301/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-02-06 19:33)
  3. https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab02 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
  4. Edge, "May 2007" (UK; 2007-04-12), page 92
  5. Famitsu, "2007-03-16" (JP; 2007-03-02), page 1