Gekirindan 09/1995 Taito
09/1995
Gekirindan (c) 09/1995 Taito.
A vertically scrolling shoot-em-up from Taito.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Taito F3 System hardware
Prom Stickers : E11
Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 232 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
>>> TRIVIA
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The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Reverse Scale Bullet' and is an example of 'ateji' - fitting the kanji phonetics to the name of the game to give the name double (sometimes even triple) meaning.
The name of the twin characters, Orsa and Mayoru, is a play-on-words of the third largest constellation of our solar system, Orsa Major, which means Great Bear.
All stages in this game share the same music theme but remixed each time!
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Welcome to the Karu Land - PCCB-00196) on 17/11/1995.
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Producer : Lee Ota
Programmers : Mr. Lee, Toten, Takahito Naoi, Riki
System engineers : Masaki Yagi (Ymot), Nob
Character designers : Yasunobu Kousokabe, Saori Hiratsuka, Ryota Sasaki, Sakotan, Miyabi Tashiro, Debi., Kao
Designer : Hidetomo Ogino
CG designer : K. Kinoshita
Sound (Zuntata) : Kazuko Umino (Karu), Koji Sakurai
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega Saturn (1997)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, 'Taito Memories Vol. 2')
Microsoft XBOX (2006, 'Taito Legends 2')
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, 'Taito Legends 2')
* Computers :
PC [CD-ROM] (2006, 'Taito Legends 2')
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.