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Description: Radiant Silvergun (レイディアントシルバーガン, Reidianto Shirubāgan?) is a vertically scrolling shooter video game, developed by Treasure. It was released in arcades on the ST-V platform in 1998 and subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn, with added cutscenes by noted animation studio Gonzo. The game was not released outside of Japan. However, Masato Maegawa has recently hinted that the game could appear on Xbox Live Arcade with high-definition visuals. It features a unique and innovative weapons system, with seven weapons available at any time. The player has three buttons to control the weapons; the weapon Radiant Silvergun (レイディアントシルバーガン, Reidianto Shirubāgan?) is a vertically scrolling shooter video game, developed by Treasure. It was released in arcades on the ST-V platform in 1998 and subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn, with added cutscenes by noted animation studio Gonzo. The game was not released outside of Japan. However, Masato Maegawa has recently hinted that the game could appear on Xbox Live Arcade with high-definition visuals.

It features a unique and innovative weapons system, with seven weapons available at any time. The player has three buttons to control the weapons; the weapon fired depends on the combination of buttons pressed. According to producer Hiroshi Iuchi, the main inspiration for the game's design was Image Fight, an arcade game by Irem from 1988.

Unlike in most other shoot 'em ups, there are no power-ups. All weapons are available from the start. Weapons can 'level up', however, becoming more powerful as the player uses them to score points. There are a selection of 7 weapons that can be used at any given time:

* Vulcan Cannon: Fires a stream of bullets from the front end of the craft. Shots become increasingly powerful and larger as it levels up.
* Homing Laser: Fires comparatively weak green lasers from two cannons that home in on targets. Shots become larger and more powerful as it levels up.
* Side bombs: Fires two explosive warheads at 60 degree angles from the craft. Shots become increasingly powerful as it levels up.
* Rear Vulcans: Fires a spread of vulcan bullets from the back of the craft, along with a one-bullet wide stream from the front. Range of rear-firing shots increases as it levels up.
* Lightning beams: Two tracking lasers swivel at acute angles in front of the craft. They will lock on to enemies and fire a stream of electricity that can pass through walls. Range increases as it levels up.
* Homing Missiles: Expands a circle of arrows from the craft. Anything inside the circle will be targeted with homing missiles. Range of the circle increases as it levels up.
* Radiant Sword: A polygonal sword that can deal heavy damage up close. As soon as the button is pressed it swings in a full circle around the craft, and will then trail in the opposite direction to which the craft is moving. It can be used to absorb pink bullets which fill a gauge at the top left of the screen. When this gauge is full, the next time the button is pressed a pair of massive polygonal swords will appear on both sides of the craft, and swing round before converging directly in front.

The game is designed so that there is almost always a 'right' weapon for any situation. The bosses in the game are designed so that they have multiple 'sections' which, if all destroyed before the 'core' of the boss, will award the players with point bonuses. Being able to apply the right weapons on any different boss is key to obtaining these bonuses. For example, a boss may have two sections located on either side of the screen. You could immediately go up to one and begin shooting it with a vulcan, or you could hover in the centre and hit both at the same time with the side bombs. This would increase your chance of obtaining the bonus before the time limit runs out and the boss self-destructs.

The game rewards players for "chaining" enemies of just one of three colors, red, blue, or yellow. Whenever the player kills three enemies that are of the same color, who can obtain a points bonus. This also facilitates faster upgrading of weapons.

In the arcade mode, the game's first level is stage 3. At the end of stage 3, the player can choose to continue at stage 2 or stage 4. Both stages lead to stage 5, then stage 6, and the finale at stage 1. This is true to the story's chronology; for example, the events of stage 2 occurred a year before stage 3. In the Saturn version, the player is forced to play all of the stages, starting at stage 3, to stage 2, then 4 through 6 and 1. ... (more)

Release date: 23 July 1998

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"Radiant Silvergun (レイディアントシルバーガン) is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Treasure. It was originally released on the ST-V arcade platform in 1998 and subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn later that year. The Saturn version features additional cutscenes by animation studio Gonzo."

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