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Kamui

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Review by Davide Mascolo:
A great game from Siter Skain, a Japanese company specialized in 2D shooters, Kamui boasts an overall quality that puts it in par with PC SHMUPS classics like Raiden 2, Rally Raid, and Tyrian 2000. Enemy ships are excellently designed, transparencies are well used, explosions are great - I think that in a shooter, they represent a good reward for the player's efforts ;) - and there are plenty of parallaxes and zoom effects, giving depth to the usual 2D landscape.

Such depth, however, is present in the gameplay too. Let me explain. Apart from the usual main weapon, there's a secondary one, called Thunder, with two uses: if you press both buttons together, a powerful bolt of energy will inflict great damage to enemies in front of the ship, protecting it from enemy shots too. If the second button alone is tapped, it will generate a series of lightning bolts that will strike the enemies that fly lower, in the background. This is the funniest aspect of the game: you will be able to destroy many enemies before they can fly up and reach you; some can be destroyed only this way. Often, you can even destroy squadrons of ships that are just passing, ignoring you, for the sake of a bigger score :) And, beware: the bosses have a nasty tendency of escaping and bombarding you from safe places! There

Average Rating:8.2 [29 votes]
Genre:Action
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Developer:Siter Skain
Publisher:Himeya Soft
Year:1999
Software Copyright:Siter Skain
Theme:Anime, Science Fiction
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Related Links:Himeya Store (buy full version)
More Info:Mobygames | The Web
System Requirements:Windows 95/98
If you like this game, try:Rally Raid, Tyrian 2000, Last Dimension
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