The rumor-bag said this is supposed to be a remake of Gradius 1. Not Recommended to: anybody who refuses to play a game for the challenge. Not Recommended to: anybody who judges games based on amount of content or refuses to replay a short game multiple times. Very Much Recommended to: anybody who has never played a Gradius game. Recommended to: any shmup enthusiast or Gradius fan, novice or expert. Gradius Rebirth is good, but not an eighth coming of Christ. Worth clearing hard drive space?: Only if it requires removing one or two games tops. Wiimote, Nunchuck, GC, and Classic supported. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).Wiiware. Mission failure does not change game progress, but it prevents the player from getting the stage clear bonus.Īfter destroying the stage 15 boss, Appare Toride, the game ends if the stage layout is set to 1 loop, or the game continues to stage 1 with enemies firing more rapidly if the stage layout is set to endless. The mission is failed when there is at least one core among all boss units are not destroyed within the time limit. If stage layout is set to endless, the player can also choose round number 1, 2, or 3, with a higher round being more difficult.ĭuring any boss battle, there is an invisible time limit for each battle. Wingmen add some extra firepower, but are vulnerable to enemy fire.Īs an arcade board option, Stage select allows the player to start the game at stage 1, 6, or 11. A small golden plane icon flies down the screen at certain times which releases a wingmen icon. The option of wingmen is much more present in this game than others in the series. However, players start with only one life, and the game sparingly gives health boosts. The plane has a health bar which decreases after every hit. The health system in the game also works unlike the previous games in the series. The game also has the standard bomb button, which causes Tomahawk Missiles to fly up the screen doing major damage to any enemies they hit. By holding the fire button down, the charge bar will fill, and when full, the plane will fly up and become temporarily invincible. The game borrows from 19XX in that it has a form of charge up system. Despite the opening description of the plane stats, both planes operate equally, and are only available to the first or second player respectively. Unlike its predecessor, 19XX: The War Against Destiny, the game plays more like the early games in the series. The objective of every level is to shoot enemy planes, tanks, trains, turrets, battleships, and defeat the boss after each level. The arcade operates and plays like most standard shooters. The de Havilland Mosquito and Kyushu J7W are not used in this game, being replaced by the other planes. It is the sequel to 19XX: The War Against Destiny and uses the arcade cabinet CP System II.
The game takes place in the heated battles of 1944 during the Second World War as two super ace pilots, P-38 Lightning and Mitsubishi A6M Zero are attempting to defeat an entire army.
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The game is the 5th of a series of World War II vertical shooters made by Capcom the 1940 series. Unlike previous games, the programming for this arcade was done by a separate company called 8ing/Raizing.
1944: The Loop Master is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game made by Capcom in 2000.
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