Radiant Silvergun
Unlike in most other shoot 'em ups, there are no power-ups. All weapons are available from the start. Weapons can 'level up', however, becoming more powerful as the player uses them to score points. There are…
Radiant Silvergun is an arcade developed by Treasure, released 28 May 1998 on Arcade.
What Radiant Silvergun is
Radiant Silvergun is an arcade game developed by Treasure and released in 1998. It was published by Sega. It is available on Arcade only. It runs on Sega ST-V.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Radiant Silvergun is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Treasure. It was originally released in Japanese arcades in 1998 and subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn later that year. The story follows a team of fighter pilots in the far future who are battling waves of enemies summoned by a mysterious crystal dug up from the Earth. The player hosts an arsenal of six different types of shots to choose from, and a sword to destroy nearby targets. The stages are tightly designed to present players with scenarios that can be approached differently with the various weapon types.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Radiant Silvergun holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Radiant Silvergun launched on 28 May 1998, within three weeks of Wetrix and Vigilante 8. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Wetrix, Vigilante 8.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Radiant Silvergun yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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