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Bit.Trip Core

Bit.Trip Core visits a darker place in CommanderVideo's saga, taking the player into unfamiliar territory as they use NES-style controls to blast their way through the barrage of Beats in this rhythm-music…

70 6 July 2009

Bit.Trip Core is an arcade developed by Gaijin Games, released 6 July 2009 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii and Mac.

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What Bit.Trip Core is

Bit.Trip Core is an arcade game developed by Gaijin Games and released in 2009. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bit.Trip Core visits a darker place in CommanderVideo's saga, taking the player into unfamiliar territory as they use NES-style controls to blast their way through the barrage of Beats in this rhythm-music adventure.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 21 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Bit.Trip Core holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0+ GHz, 512 MB RAM and OpenGL 2.1 and shader model 3 with 128 MB of memory. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Bit.Trip Core launched on 6 July 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Wii Sports Resort and Trine. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Wii Sports Resort, Trine.

Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Bit.Trip Core — frequently asked questions

When did Bit.Trip Core come out?
Bit.Trip Core was released on 6 July 2009 for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Bit.Trip Core?
At minimum, Bit.Trip Core needs 2.0+ GHz, 512 MB RAM, OpenGL 2.1 and shader model 3 with 128 MB of memory graphics, 100 MB HD space of storage.
How many GB is Bit.Trip Core?
The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("100 MB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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