Ikaruga
TREASURE · TREASURE · Released 2001-12-20
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8.1
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3 playing now
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TREASURE · TREASURE · Released 2001-12-20
Metascore
critics
User score
players
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.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | Windows 7 |
| Processor | Intel Core2 Duo / Athron64 X2 | Intel or AMD multicore processor recently 5 years |
| Memory | 1 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Graphics | DirectX 9.0c support (256 MB VRAM) | NVIDIA or AMD in recently 5 years |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c | Version 9.0c |
| Storage | 512 MB available space | 512 MB available space |
| Sound Card | DirectX 9.0c support | DirectX 9.0c support |
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Ikaruga is available on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo.
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Ikaruga was developed and published by TREASURE.
Ikaruga was released on 2001-12-20.
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Ikaruga takes approximately 1 hours to complete the main story.
