Bullet Heaven reviews Bangaio N64

Bangaio was a likeable 2D shooter on older systems that seems to have been largely forgotten. This is Bangaio for the Nintendo 64 being reviewed, and while the Nintendo 64 re-ignited my interest in console gaming when it came out it has a serious shmup/stg deficit.
An EverDrive 64 is still, however, very much worth it.

Nicalis teases physical Ikaruga for PS4 and Switch again

As I reported way back in June, Ikaruga is coming around for another round of physical releases, this time for PS4 and Switch.

Nicalis tweeted yesterday that the physical releases are in production.

It's a great game so i'll be sure to get a fresh. new copy or two when it arrives. So should you.

Bullet Heavens extensive Dreamcast series continues

It's Chapter 4 of the S.T.G. Chronicle with three great Dreamcast games. If you ever wanted to know everything about shmups on the Dreamcast, Bullet Heaven has you covered!

Ikaruga gets physical again

Ikaruga is a really great shooter with puzzle elements or possibly a still great puzzle game with shooting elements. Whichever way you see it there's no denying that it is already readily available to play:
First developed for the arcade, it was first ported to Dreamcast and subsequently to GameCube, Xbox 360 (it's compatible with Xbox One), Windows, Switch and PlayStation 4. The physical releases in that long list of targeted platforms are only Dreamcast and GameCube (sure, the arcade release was physical but if you're into arcade PCBs you already knew that) however.

But now Nicalis is doing us all a favor and releasing it physically for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch:

No details yet on release date.

Radiant Silvergun soundtrack coming to vinyl

Data Discs has announced that they are working with Treasure, the company behind Radiant Silvergun, to put out its soundtrack on vinyl. Details are sketchy but this should be great fun, maybe followed by Ikaruga?

Data Discs has the Thunder Force IV soundtrack on vinyl up for pre-order right now.

Radiant Silvergun might get Switch release

Treasure has tweeted that a port of Radiant Silvergun was in the works when they released Ikaruga for Switch and may still see the light of day.

Radiant Silvergun is available on Saturn and Xbox 360/One already of course but it would be nice to see it on Switch.

Ikaruga arrives on PS4 (Pro)

There were rumors earlier this year that Ikaruga was coming to PS4 and they've now been confirmed. Treasures coveted shooter arrives on June 29th. Besides being last out of the gate the PS4 version will deliver 4K support if you have a PlayStation 4 Pro.

Switched on shmups

We knew it was on it's way but making it official that Treasure's beloved Ikaruga lands on the Nintendo Switch on May 29th is still something of a milestone. Yes, it's available on Steam, GameCube, Dreamcast and the Xbox 360/One but it's still great to see it available on the switch so you can "take it anywhere".



The second great news is that Zerodiv will bring Psikyos Gunbird 2 to the Switch. After the first Gunbird it was pretty much inevitable and, of course, very welcome.

Ikaruga rated for PlayStation 4

German video game censorship watchdog USK has rated Ikaruga for release on PlayStation 4. This would be the first appearance of Ikaruga on a Sony console. For those of you who don't have a Dreamcast, GameCube, Xbox 360 or Xbox One this is great news! One of Treasures finest shmups.

PC GAMER writes about shmups

PC GAMER magazine has an article about the renaissance of our beloved genre on the PC platform (unsurprisingly). Worth a read.