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Gekihaden

A unique side-scrolling shooting game in which all the graphics other than the background, such as your own plane and enemy planes, are written in kanji. Players use lock-on lasers and regular bullets to…

31 January 2001

Gekihaden is a shooter, released 31 January 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gekihaden is

Gekihaden was released in 2001. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A unique side-scrolling shooting game in which all the graphics other than the background, such as your own plane and enemy planes, are written in kanji. Players use lock-on lasers and regular bullets to complete a total of 7 stages with a wide variety.
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What it launched against

Gekihaden launched on 31 January 2001, within three weeks of Severance: Blade of Darkness, Oni, Onimusha: Warlords and Star Wars: Starfighter.

Released around the same time: Severance: Blade of Darkness, Oni, Onimusha: Warlords, Star Wars: Starfighter.

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When did Gekihaden come out?
Gekihaden was released on 31 January 2001 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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