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No. of Players: Single Release Date: 2014-02-18 Genre: Action, Indie Developer: Treasure Publisher: Treasure Website: http://ikaruga-steam.treasure-inc.co.jp

Game Description

Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!?

Ikaruga is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay.
Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets!
Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

Features

  • The player ship, all enemies and bullets are black or white.
    Player's polarity can be switched at will.
  • Your ship can absorb enemy bullets of the same polarity.
    Filled energy goes to fire powerful homing lasers! (Release Power)
  • Defeat 3 enemies in a row of the same polarity and get the chain bonus!
    Building up high scores feels like a puzzle game?
  • Spectacular 3D graphics. Fast and smooth game play.
  • 2 Players game (Local) and
    Double Play Mode: You can play 2 Players game with one controller.
  • 5 levels. Tactical level design and boss battles.
  • 3 difficulty levels: EASY, NORMAL, HARD.
    Change your tactics depending on the difficulty.
  • 2 Game modes: ARCADE, PROTOTYPE (not hidden).
  • Replay data save is available.
    You can also download them from the Leaderboards.
  • Vertical screen mode support.
    You can also play the game like a side-scrolling shooter by rotating only the game screen.
  • Xbox360 controller, Keyboard and Mouse support.

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Ikaruga on STUNFEST 2014

Hattori-san demonstrates Ikaruga double play on Steam at STUNFEST 2014 (May 2 to 4). http://www.stunfest.fr/ live stream: http://www.stunfest.fr/grande-scene/ 5月2日~4日のSTUNFESTで、服部さんにSteam版「斑鳩」の

Steam Trading Cards

Just a few steps for the final setting. Thanks for your patience. Steam トレーディングカードの 設定に時間がかかっております。 もう少々お待ちください。

Updated (Build 354142)

Added 'APPENDIX' menu. Gallery and SoundTracks mode. Change title screen pictures to HD Chapter 1: Fixed slowdown of the scene after the chapter title. (Change far objects to billboard, and speed up

Updated (Build 200196)

Support Offline Mode Adjusting the frame rate when not use Vsync - closer to 60fps - fix ultra speed bug in some environments Adding "SHOW FPS" option in ADVANCED SETTINGS. Fixed achievement icons a

Updated (2/24/2014 Build 198101)

Fixed some audio problems (mainly occurred in Windows XP) - no audio bug - crash on launch Stabilization of the frame rate - use software timer if VSync from DirectX is not available Support sec

Updated (Build 260346)

DirectInput device support Tweaked Analog stick Fixed delay of drawing in some environments Added 'QUALITY SETTINGS' in the 'VIDEO SETTINGS' C1: Fixed battery placement for the second time "Ajisashi

The audio problems

We recognize the audio problems and failure to launch game in some Windows XP environments, and working to fix it. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please wait for a while. ご迷惑をお掛けしております。 現在、Windows XP

Updated (Build 215401)

Fixed shutdown error in some environments Loading - Fixed slow loading in some fullscreen environments - Added "load_retry" option in boot.txt - Added "load_all" option in boot.txt (for rich memory

Wot I Think: Ikaruga

Developers Treasure are masters of the shoot em up though and Ikaruga is among their greatest works. That would be reason enough to recommend it a superb entry from a developer horribly under-

Updated (Build 215401)

Fixed shutdown error in some environments Loading - Fixed slow loading in some fullscreen environments - Added "load_retry" option in boot.txt - Added "load_all" option in boot.txt (for rich memory

Wot I Think: Ikagura

Developers Treasure are masters of the shoot em up though and Ikaruga is among their greatest works. That would be reason enough to recommend it a superb entry in a genre under-represented on

The audio problems

We recognize the audio problems and failure to launch game in some Windows XP environments, and working to fix it. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please wait for a while. ご迷惑をお掛けしております。 現在、Windows XP

Ikaruga on STUNFEST 2014

Hattori-san demonstrates Ikaruga double play on Steam at STUNFEST 2014 (May 2 to 4). http://www.stunfest.fr/ live stream: http://www.stunfest.fr/grande-scene/ 5月2日~4日のSTUNFESTで、服部さんにSteam版「斑鳩」の

Updated (2/24/2014 Build 198101)

Fixed some audio problems (mainly occurred in Windows XP) - no audio bug - crash on launch Stabilization of the frame rate - use software timer if VSync from DirectX is not available Support sec

Updated (Build 260346)

DirectInput device support Tweaked Analog stick Fixed delay of drawing in some environments Added 'QUALITY SETTINGS' in the 'VIDEO SETTINGS' C1: Fixed battery placement for the second time "Ajisashi

Ikaruga's rule of threes

WHY I LOVEIn Why I Love, PC Gamer writers pick an aspect of PC gaming that they love and write about why it's brilliant. Today, Tom digs deeper into the atonishing Ikaruga.

Updated (Build 200196)

Support Offline Mode Adjusting the frame rate when not use Vsync - closer to 60fps - fix ultra speed bug in some environments Adding "SHOW FPS" option in ADVANCED SETTINGS. Fixed achievement icons a

Updated (Build 354142)

Added 'APPENDIX' menu. Gallery and SoundTracks mode. Change title screen pictures to HD Chapter 1: Fixed slowdown of the scene after the chapter title. (Change far objects to billboard, and speed up

Steam Trading Cards

Just a few steps for the final setting. Thanks for your patience. Steam トレーディングカードの 設定に時間がかかっております。 もう少々お待ちください。