Ikaruga is an arcade developed by Treasure, released 20 December 2001 on Arcade.
What Ikaruga is
Ikaruga is an arcade game developed by Treasure and released in 2001. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ikaruga is a bullet hell game developed by Treasure. It is the spiritual sequel to Radiant Silvergun (1998) and was originally released in Japanese arcades in December 2001. The story follows a rebel pilot named Shinra as he battles an enemy nation using a specially designed fighter called the Ikaruga which can flip between two polarities, black and white. This polarity mechanism is the game's key feature and the foundation for its stage and enemy design. All enemies and bullets in the game are either black or white. Bullets which are the same color as the player are absorbed while the others will kill the player. The game features both single-player and cooperative modes.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Ikaruga holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 94% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 54 votes.
What it launched against
Ikaruga launched on 20 December 2001, within three weeks of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ikaruga yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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