Batsugun

one of the most well known and recommended arcade shumps for a reason.

A top all time actual arcade shmup with unlimited free play! Sweet UI and settings menu, small size, still hits IMHO. Fans of genre, worth it even at full price of 32 quarters here.

The original game is good, so I recommend it, but to be honest I mainly wanted the record function to avoid being recording manually my 1CC attempts and the record function is not sure. Issues are too frequent. Sometimes it doesn't work at all, sometimes it triggers the 1 coin button each frame which makes a horrible noise... Don't count on the record function. A rewind / save state function has been added, like in the modern emulation systems. Not bad. You can switch version between normal and special batsugun. A cool way to play it legally and not so expensive ;).

For $8 USD, or even less when on sale, this excellent port of a Toaplan classic is a no brainer must buy. This is definitely an old school arcade shmup, full of that classic 90s anime aesthetic and of-the-era rough english translation. Good luck trying to read the endings though, as the text hilariously scrolls way too fast. But as a 90s arcade game though, the difficulty may throw you off at first like it did for me. Thankfully the port offers save states and rewind. If you have a rotating monitor, the game also supports tate mode. The view is much bigger and better on a vertical monitor with the CRT filter applied.

　タイガーヘリで名前を覚えた東亜プラン…地元だと東亜プラン、セイブ開発、彩京シューがどこのゲーセンにあるのか？ネット無き時代…設置店、稼働期間などが不明なので、遊ぶ機会を得るだけでもかなり苦労した。 　そういう縁が薄かったタイトルの一つではあったが、Steamで販売してくれてるだけでも嬉しく感じる。当時だとゲーセン探しや巡り自体が楽しい体験でもあったと感じるし、発見しただけでも嬉しくなれる時代だった。 　現実問題として、体調が回復したら、じっくり取り組んで遊びたいと考えている楽しみにしているタイトルのひとつである。今まで通り、出来れば攻略クリア後にレビューしたかったが、起動確認蚤の段階でコメントを残しておくことにした。

Très bon portage de ce jeu mythique, je vous recommande la version Special, plus facile d'accès avec la réduction de la hitbox, et qui est par ce choix alors novateur considérée comme matrice du style Danmaku (vous ne serez donc pas surpris qu'à la fermeture du studio, une partie de l'équipe ira former le nouveau studio Cave...) Les graphismes et le design sont au top du pixel art, comme à l'accoutumé chez Toaplan, de plus l'effet écran CRT est parfaitement rendu et fait vraiment honneur à ce classique de l'arcade indémodable. La musique n'est pas en reste malgré la relative mollesse du titre du premier niveau. A noter des niveaux plutôt court, ce qui est il me semble un choix judicieux pour le scoring.

I really love this classic badass Toaplan shmup. Extremely well done and satisfactory to play. This Bitwave port satisfies the minimum requirements of low input lag, providing both the Original and Special versions as well as some additional options such as recording the gameplay. But Toaplan shmups deserve much better such as enhanced graphics and soundtrack and overall better gadgets and more elaborate UI, The lack of effort from the Bitwave team would justify a negative rating.