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Death Crimson

Death Crimson is a first-person rail shooter released exclusively in Japan. The game is a light gun shooter that attempted to capitalize on the growing popularity of the genre during the mid-1990s console era…

9 August 1996

Death Crimson is a shooter developed by Ecole Software, released 9 August 1996 on Sega Saturn.

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What Death Crimson is

Death Crimson is a shooter game developed by Ecole Software and released in 1996. It is available on Sega Saturn only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Death Crimson is a first-person rail shooter released exclusively in Japan. The game is a light gun shooter that attempted to capitalize on the growing popularity of the genre during the mid-1990s console era. Infamous in the Japanese gaming community, the game is celebrated as a prime example of a "kusoge", notorious for its abysmal graphics, frustrating hit detection, and disorienting camera.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Death Crimson launched on 9 August 1996, within three weeks of Tobal No. 1 and Triple Play 97.

Released around the same time: Tobal No. 1, Triple Play 97.

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When did Death Crimson come out?
Death Crimson was released on 9 August 1996 for Sega Saturn.

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