Silpheed: The Lost Planet
In the distant future, a plague of parasitic monsters is sweeping across the known universe; devouring all the resources in its path -- including the distant outposts humanity calls home. The only chance for…
Silpheed: The Lost Planet is an arcade developed by Game Arts, released 21 September 2000 on PlayStation 2.
What Silpheed: The Lost Planet is
Silpheed: The Lost Planet is an arcade game developed by Game Arts and released in 2000. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the distant future, a plague of parasitic monsters is sweeping across the known universe; devouring all the resources in its path -- including the distant outposts humanity calls home. The only chance for mankind's survival is a top-secret starship class known as Silpheed and the hyper-skilled pilots at the controls. And so begins the premise of Silpheed: The Lost Planet, a co-development shooting project between Game Arts and Treasure that remakes the early '90s PC shooter of the same name. Features include a large variety of enemy types, multiple weapon upgrades, and polygonal graphics. As an added bonus, Working Designs has removed the slowdown and added analog control for the…
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.
How it was received
Silpheed: The Lost Planet holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Silpheed: The Lost Planet launched on 21 September 2000, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2 and Skies of Arcadia. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2, Skies of Arcadia.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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