Batsugun
From Sega Retro
| Batsugun | |||||
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | |||||
| Publisher: Banpresto | |||||
| Developer: Toaplan, Gazelle | |||||
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | |||||
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Batsugun (バツグン) is a "bullet hell" shooter developed by Toaplan and Gazelle. After a 1993 arcade release, it was ported to the Sega Saturn and released exclusively in Japan in 1996. The game is considered the pioneer of the bullet hell genre; its designers would move on to form Cave, one of the leading developers in the genre.
You can choose one of three pilots; each pilot has a ship with a different attack range/frequency. You power up gradually by collecting P icons; dying takes away a certain amount of power but gives you a free P icon. There are also score tokens shaped like Vs to collect. There are five stages.
The Saturn port adds the ability to play in a horizontal screen orientation.
Physical Scans
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- ↑ Edge, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-22), page 85
- ↑ Famitsu, "1996-11-01" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 1
- ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 86
- ↑ MAN!AC, "01/97" (DE; 1996-12-11), page 64
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 22" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 194
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (JP; 1996-10-25), page 231
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12