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Vacant Ark

Side-scrolling shoot-em-up in an atmospheric deep sea setting. Gameplay features 3 cyclable weapons and a close range "option" that changes enemy bullets into ammunition.

13 April 2006

Vacant Ark is an arcade developed by buster, released 13 April 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Vacant Ark is

Vacant Ark is an arcade game developed by buster and released in 2006. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Side-scrolling shoot-em-up in an atmospheric deep sea setting. Gameplay features 3 cyclable weapons and a close range "option" that changes enemy bullets into ammunition.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Vacant Ark launched on 13 April 2006, within three weeks of Ōkami, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast and Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007.

Released around the same time: Ōkami, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast, Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007.

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When did Vacant Ark come out?
Vacant Ark was released on 13 April 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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