Radiant Silvergun - Revision history

Alephfromthesouth: /* Scoring Mechanics */

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Scoring Mechanics

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Bosses

Alephfromthesouth: /* Controls */

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Controls

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Bosses

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Bosses

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Alephfromthesouth: /* Gameplay Overview */

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Gameplay Overview

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 The maximum chain is 100,000 points. Each subsequent chain will not be increased, but will reward the player with more 100,000 points.
-The Secret Chain can be obtained by defeat any number of Red enemies, a single Blue enemy, then three Yellow enemies, and it rewards the player with 10,000 secret chain points. The next Yellow enemy chain will also reward the player 10,000 points, in increments of 10,000 until max chain value is reached. This chain is the second most optimal, and it sees use as both in high play as both the regular chain in some stages of the game as well as a way to capstone a stage that does not end with more Red enemies. An example of Stage where the Secret Chain is quite valuable is Stage 2B, as it features a fixed number of Yellow enemies that can reward the player with Max chain value during the boss fight with the first Golets. As Yellow enemies appear less frequently than Red enemies, not every opportunity of a Secret chain should be taken.
+The Secret Chain can be obtained by defeating any number of Red enemies, a single Blue enemy, then one Yellow enemies, and it rewards the player with 10,000 secret chain points. The next Yellow enemy chain will also reward the player 10,000 points, in increments of 10,000 until max chain value is reached. This chain is the second most optimal, and it sees use as both in high play as both the main chain in some stages of the game as well as a way to capstone a stage that does not end with more Red enemies. An example of a substage where the Secret Chain is quite valuable is Stage 2B, as it features a fixed number of Yellow enemies that can reward the player with Max chain value during the boss fight with the first of the two GOLETS. As Yellow enemies appear less frequently than Red enemies, not every opportunity of a Secret chain should be taken.
 ==Secrets==

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 ==Bosses==
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-[[File:RS_BossReport.jpg|thumb|left|Destroying all parts of the boss in time awards the player a PERFECT destruction bonus, awarding them with 100,000 points.]]
+[[File:RS_BossReport.jpg|thumb|left|Destroying all parts of the boss in time awards the player a PERFECT destruction bonus and 100,000 points.]]
 [[File:RS_BossReport2.jpg|thumb|right|Letting the boss survive for too long will triger its own self-destruction, awarding you no points for its destruction, only for the bits you have managed to destroy.]]
 Radiant Silvergun features a total of 22 named bosses (called '''assailants''' by the in-game Warning screen), all with distinct visuals and behaviours. As most bosses don't fight alongside enemies, your main ways of attaining points while fighting bosses consist of destroying individual bits of the boss itself, as well as Weapon Bonuses and grazing bonuses. If too much time is taken fighting the boss, it will self-destruct, awarding the player no points for its destruction. The displayed HP of bosses represents the central bit, which ends the fight when destroyed or self-destructing. Therefore, to achieve a PERFECT destruction bonus, the player must destroy all bits of a boss before destroying its central bit. The player receives a Destruction Bonus by manually defeating a boss, which increases depending on the boss' placement in the Stage order (AKA-O, the first boss in the game, grants a Destruction Bonus of 5,000, while other bosses can grant the player an upward of 100,000 bonus points for destruction).

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 *'''A (press):''' Fires a single red forward shot of Weapon Type A. Good for focused shots.
 *'''A (hold):''' Fires multiples of two red twin shots of Weapon Type A. The higher the weapon's level, the higher the count of shots deployed by volley in multiples of 2.
-*'''B Button:''' Weapon Type B, '''Homing Shot'''. Fires two green homing shots. The homing shots disappear after hitting walls and objects. The higher the weapon's level, the shots become bigger and inflict more damage.
+*'''B Button:''' Weapon Type B, '''Homing Shot'''. Fires two green homing shots. These homing shots will target the nearest enemy, travelling in a circular path. If their target was destroyed, they will redirect course. The homing shots disappear after hitting walls and objects. The higher the weapon's level, the shots become bigger and inflict more damage.
 *'''C Button:''' Weapon Type C, '''Spread Shot'''. Fires two blue spread shots in a diagonal angle forward. In contact with enemies, walls and objects, they will explode, forming a damage spread. They can be manually detonated as well. The higher the weapon level, the bigger the damage and the radius of the spread shot explosion.
 *'''C (release):''' Manually detonates Weapon Type C shots.  Only three pairs of spread shot can exist in the screen at a time.

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 [[File:RS_BossReport.jpg|thumb|left|Destroying all parts of the boss in time awards the player a PERFECT destruction bonus, awarding them with 100,000 points.]]
 [[File:RS_BossReport2.jpg|thumb|right|Letting the boss survive for too long will triger its own self-destruction, awarding you no points for its destruction, only for the bits you have managed to destroy.]]
-Radiant Silvergun features a total of 22 named bosses (called '''assailants''' by the in-game Warning screen), all with distinct visuals and behaviours. As most bosses don't fight alongside enemies, your main ways of attaining points while fighting bosses consist of destroying individual bits of the boss itself, as well as Weapon Bonuses and grazing bonuses. If too much time is taken fighting the boss, it will self-destruct, awarding the player no points for its destruction. The displayed HP of bosses represents the central bit, which ends the fight when destroyed or self-destructing. Therefore, to achieve a PERFECT destruction bonus, the player must destroy all bits of a boss before destroying its central bit.
+Radiant Silvergun features a total of 22 named bosses (called '''assailants''' by the in-game Warning screen), all with distinct visuals and behaviours. As most bosses don't fight alongside enemies, your main ways of attaining points while fighting bosses consist of destroying individual bits of the boss itself, as well as Weapon Bonuses and grazing bonuses. If too much time is taken fighting the boss, it will self-destruct, awarding the player no points for its destruction. The displayed HP of bosses represents the central bit, which ends the fight when destroyed or self-destructing. Therefore, to achieve a PERFECT destruction bonus, the player must destroy all bits of a boss before destroying its central bit. The player receives a Destruction Bonus by manually defeating a boss, which increases depending on the boss' placement in the Stage order (AKA-O, the first boss in the game, grants a Destruction Bonus of 5,000, while other bosses can grant the player an upward of 100,000 bonus points for destruction).
 ==Scoring Mechanics==

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 [[File:RS_BossReport.jpg|thumb|left|Destroying all parts of the boss in time awards the player a PERFECT destruction bonus, awarding them with 100,000 points.]]
 [[File:RS_BossReport2.jpg|thumb|right|Letting the boss survive for too long will triger its own self-destruction, awarding you no points for its destruction, only for the bits you have managed to destroy.]]
-Radiant Silvergun features a total of 22 named bosses, all with distinct visuals and behaviours. As most bosses don't fight alongside enemies, your main ways of attaining points while fighting bosses consist of destroying individual bits of the boss itself, as well as Weapon Bonuses and grazing bonuses. If too much time is taken fighting the boss, it will self-destruct, awarding the player no points for its destruction. The displayed HP of bosses represents the central bit, which ends the fight when destroyed or self-destructing. Therefore, to achieve a PERFECT destruction bonus, the player must destroy all bits of a boss before destroying its central bit.
+Radiant Silvergun features a total of 22 named bosses (called '''assailants''' by the in-game Warning screen), all with distinct visuals and behaviours. As most bosses don't fight alongside enemies, your main ways of attaining points while fighting bosses consist of destroying individual bits of the boss itself, as well as Weapon Bonuses and grazing bonuses. If too much time is taken fighting the boss, it will self-destruct, awarding the player no points for its destruction. The displayed HP of bosses represents the central bit, which ends the fight when destroyed or self-destructing. Therefore, to achieve a PERFECT destruction bonus, the player must destroy all bits of a boss before destroying its central bit.
 ==Scoring Mechanics==

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 |producer = Hiroshi Iuchi
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-|music = Hitoshi Sakamoto
+|music = Hitoshi Sakimoto
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 |program = Fukuryuu, Hideyuki Suginami (Choko Monkey)
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 *The final boss of the game, XIGA, resembles the titular character of the japanese Tokusatsu series Ultraman, and its name "XIGA" may be a callback to Ultraman Tiga, one of the show's entries, released in 1996-1997, right around Radiant Silvergun's development time.
-*The game's soundtrack, composed by Hitoshi Sakamoto, features both original game versions and arranged versions for several tracks present in the game.
+*The game's soundtrack, composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, features both original game versions and arranged versions for several tracks present in the game.
 *A promotional VHS tape for Radiant Silvergun exists, featuring an arranged track of one of the game's tracks, and several visuals. A preserved version of the tape can be accessed on YouTube, uploaded by user SegaSteve, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Vy_40Mzsc&t=69s in the following link].

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 ==Gameplay Overview==
-''Radiant Silvergun'' is a 3-button game, featuring 8-directional movement. Pressing various buttons in tandem will deploy combined weapons. The game has 6 stages which the player tackles in non-linear order, starting with Stage 3 and ending with Stage 1, with most of them further divided into various substages, such as Stage 2D or Stage 6A. Each stage subdivision serves as natural breaking points for chains, and can be known as such by the appearance of the boss tally screen. The ST-V version/Arcade Mode of home ports lets the player access 5 of the six stages of the game, presenting a choice between Stage 2 and Stage 4 at the end of Stage 3, the game's first stage. The Saturn Mode/ Story Mode takes the player through all stages in the game, starting with Stage 3, Stage 2, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6 and ending with Stage 1. The Saturn Mode/Story Mode allows the player to save their ship's progress after game over, letting the player carry on their power-ups to a new attempt.
+''Radiant Silvergun'' is a '''3-button game''', featuring 8-directional movement. Pressing various buttons in tandem will deploy '''combined weapons'''. The game has '''6 stages''' which the player tackles in non-linear order, starting with Stage 3 and ending with Stage 1, with most of them further divided into '''various sub-stages''', such as Stage 2D or Stage 6A. Each stage subdivision serves as '''natural breaking points for chains''', and can be known as such by the appearance of the '''Boss Report''' screen. The ST-V version/Arcade Mode of home ports lets the player access 5 of the six stages of the game, presenting a choice between Stage 2 and Stage 4 at the end of Stage 3, the game's first stage. The Saturn/Story Mode takes the player through all stages in the game, starting with Stage 3, Stage 2, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6 and ending with Stage 1. The Saturn Mode/Story Mode allows the player to '''save their ship's progress''' after a game over, letting the player carry on their Weapon Type levels to a new attempt.
 [[File:RS_Snap1.png|thumb|right|The Silvergun defeating Stage 2A boss, Kotetsu. Bosses explode violently when defeated or self-destructing.]]
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 [[File:RS_WeaponA.png|200x150px]] || [[File:RS_WeaponB.png|200x150px]] || [[File:RS_WeaponC.png|200x150px]]
 *'''Directional buttons:''' Move the ship in eight directions. The player cannot influence ship speed in-game.
-*'''A Button:''' Weapon Type A, Vulcan Laser.
+*'''A Button:''' Weapon Type A, '''Vulcan Laser'''.
 *'''A (press):''' Fires a single red forward shot of Weapon Type A. Good for focused shots.
 *'''A (hold):''' Fires multiples of two red twin shots of Weapon Type A. The higher the weapon's level, the higher the count of shots deployed by volley in multiples of 2.
-*'''B Button:''' Weapon Type B, Homing Shot. Fires two green homing shots. The homing shots disappear after hitting walls and objects. The higher the weapon's level, the shots become bigger and inflict more damage.
+*'''B Button:''' Weapon Type B, '''Homing Shot'''. Fires two green homing shots. The homing shots disappear after hitting walls and objects. The higher the weapon's level, the shots become bigger and inflict more damage.
-*'''C Button:''' Weapon Type C, Spread Shot. Fires two blue spread shots in a diagonal angle forward. In contact with enemies, walls and objects, they will explode, forming a damage spread. They can be manually detonated as well. The higher the weapon level, the bigger the damage and the radius of the spread shot explosion.
+*'''C Button:''' Weapon Type C, '''Spread Shot'''. Fires two blue spread shots in a diagonal angle forward. In contact with enemies, walls and objects, they will explode, forming a damage spread. They can be manually detonated as well. The higher the weapon level, the bigger the damage and the radius of the spread shot explosion.
 *'''C (release):''' Manually detonates Weapon Type C shots.  Only three pairs of spread shot can exist in the screen at a time.
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 [[File:RS_WeaponAB.png|200x150px]] || [[File:RS_WeaponAC.png|200x150px]] || [[File:RS_WeaponBC.png|200x150px]]
-*'''A Button + B Button:''' Weapon Type A+B, Homing Plasma. Seeks an enemy/object to target within its line of fire (roughly ~90 variable degrees in front of the ship) and fires a homing plasma lightning shot at it. The shot increases in size and damage as time passes touching the same target. Moving away of the initial locked angle will free the weapon and end the damage on target. Can pass through walls. Its damage and angular radius increase with the Weapon Type increases of A and B.
+*'''A Button + B Button:''' Weapon Type A+B, '''Homing Plasma'''. Seeks an enemy/object to target within its line of fire (roughly ~90 variable degrees in front of the ship) and fires a homing plasma lightning shot at it. The shot increases in size and damage as time passes touching the same target. Moving away of the initial locked angle will free the weapon and end the damage on target. Can pass through walls. Its damage and angular radius increase with the Weapon Type increases of A and B.
-*'''A Button + C Button:''' Weapon Type A+C, Back-Wide Shot. Fires a back volley of shots as well as a forward single shot volley. Its damage and amount of back fires shot increase with the Weapon Type increases of A and C.
+*'''A Button + C Button:''' Weapon Type A+C, '''Back-Wide Shot'''. Fires a back volley of shots as well as a forward single shot volley. Its damage and amount of back fires shot increase with the Weapon Type increases of A and C.
-*'''B Button + C Button:''' Weapon Type B+C, Lock-On Spread. Fires explosive bullets at all targets within weapon's radius. These shots take a while to reach their target location (which may not be the same location as the enemy if it is mobile) and explode in a radius. Can pass through walls and enemies. This is the only weapon that can uncover the game's secret hidden dogs called Merry. Its firing frequency and damage increase with the Weapon Type increases of B and C.
+*'''B Button + C Button:''' Weapon Type B+C, '''Lock-On Spread'''. Fires explosive bullets at all targets within weapon's radius. These shots take a while to reach their target location (which may not be the same location as the enemy if it is mobile) and explode in a radius. Can pass through walls and enemies. This is the only weapon that can uncover the game's secret hidden dogs called Merry. Its firing frequency and damage increase with the Weapon Type increases of B and C.
 [[File:RS_WeaponABC.png]]
-*'''A Button + B Button + C Button:''' Weapon Type A+B+C, Radiant Sword. Combining all three weapon types lets the player utilize the Radiant Sword. Its initial swipe is determined by the last directional movement inputted by the player. The blade remains targetting the opposite of the last inputted direction (for example, if the player is moving forward, the sword will face backwards). Inflicts continuous damage to targets in contact. Can absorb pink bullets fired by enemies, filling the Hyper Sword Gauge. Its damage increases with the Weapon Type increases of A, B and C.
+*'''A Button + B Button + C Button:''' Weapon Type A+B+C, '''Radiant Sword'''. Combining all three weapon types lets the player utilize the Radiant Sword. Its initial swipe is determined by the last directional movement inputted by the player. The blade remains targetting the opposite of the last inputted direction (for example, if the player is moving forward, the sword will face backwards). Inflicts continuous damage to targets in contact. Can absorb pink bullets fired by enemies, filling the Hyper Sword Gauge. Its damage increases with the Weapon Type increases of A, B and C.
-*'''A+B+C (Full Gauge):''' Weapon Type A+B+C, Hyper Sword. By pressing the Radiant Sword button when the Hyper Sword Gauge is full (10 pink bullets are enough to fill the gauge), the ship can perform Hyper Sword. Two big blades point towards the forward diagonals, go back and lunge forward, crashing at each other. These blades inflict contact damage to enemies. After crashing at each other, the swords spread shrapnels, which can also damage enemies. While using this attack, the Silvergun is temporarily immune to all contact damage, including that of walls and environmental hazards, serving as this game's version of the [[Bomb]]. Its damage increases with the Weapon Type increases of A, B and C. If the player loses a life, the Hyper Sword Gauge resets to default value.
+*'''A+B+C (Full Gauge):''' Weapon Type A+B+C, '''Hyper Sword'''. By pressing the Radiant Sword button when the Hyper Sword Gauge is full (10 pink bullets are enough to fill the gauge), the ship can perform '''Hyper Sword'''. Two big blades point towards the forward diagonals, go back and lunge forward, crashing at each other. These blades inflict contact damage to enemies. After crashing at each other, the swords spread shrapnels, which can also damage enemies. While using this attack, the Silvergun is temporarily immune to all contact damage, including that of walls and environmental hazards, serving as this game's version of the [[Bomb]]. Its damage increases with the Weapon Type increases of A, B and C. If the player loses a life, the Hyper Sword Gauge resets to default value.
 ===Extends===
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 ===Difficulty Modes===
-The ST-V version of the game runs on Normal difficulty. The home console releases of the game have 5 different difficulty settings: Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard and Very Hard. Very Easy and Easy feature less enemies, meaning that chain routes differ meaningfully from other versions. Hard and Very Hard modes add more enemies, revenge bullets to some and most enemies, respectively, meaning chain routes also change. The chosen difficulty mode will also alter boss behaviour: most notably, Stage 3D boss arena's pillars vary greatly between difficulty modes: they will spin around on higher difficulties (Hard and Very Hard), destroying the player ship on contact, while in lower difficulties they come in smaller numbers and lack the spinning ability.
+The ST-V version of the game runs on Normal difficulty. The home console releases of the game have 5 different difficulty settings: '''Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard '''and''' Very Hard'''. '''Very Easy''' and '''Easy''' feature less enemies, meaning that chain routes differ meaningfully from other versions. '''Hard''' and '''Very Hard''' modes add more enemies, revenge bullets to some and most enemies, respectively, meaning chain routes also change. The chosen difficulty mode will also alter boss behaviour: most notably, Stage 3D boss (UNDO) arena's pillars vary greatly between difficulty modes: they will spin around on higher difficulties (Hard and Very Hard), destroying the player ship on contact, while in lower difficulties they come in smaller numbers and lack the spinning ability.
 ==Stages==

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−	'''Radiant Silvergun''' (JP:''レイディアントシルバーガン'') is the first shooting game developed by [[Treasure]] in the year 1998. It is a vertical shooting game. The game features a futuristic, apocalyptic setting, and a single playable ship, the Silvergun. The scoring mechanic involves destroying groups of three enemies (refered onwards as "'''chaining'''") of certain specific colors, '''Red, Blue and Yellow''', with each chain of 3 increasing score progressively. Shooting an enemy of another color '''breaks the chain''' and its bonus points. Somewhat unique for the genre, Radiant Silvergun features '''no traditional collectible power-ups''', instead relying on score pertaining to one of the game's '''three main Weapon Types''' to measure their power and effective range.	+	'''Radiant Silvergun''' (JP:''レイディアントシルバーガン'') is the first shooting game developed by [[Treasure]] in the year 1998. It is a vertical shooting game. The game features a futuristic, apocalyptic setting, and a single playable ship, the Silvergun. The scoring mechanic involves destroying groups of three enemies (refered onwards as "'''chaining'''") of certain specific colors, '''Red, Blue and Yellow''', with each chain of 3 '''increasing score progressively'''. Shooting an enemy of another color '''breaks the chain''' and its bonus points. Somewhat unique for the genre, Radiant Silvergun features '''no traditional collectible power-ups''', instead relying on score pertaining to one of the game's '''three main Weapon Types''' to measure their power and effective range.

	''Radiant Silvergun'' was initially developed for the Sega Saturn-adjacent arcade board ST-V, before release in the home console Sega Saturn. It later received ports to the XBOX 360, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, by Treasure alongside Live Wire. It has a spiritual sequel developed by Treasure, named [[Ikaruga]], conceived as "Project RS-2", featuring radically different gameplay mechanics.		''Radiant Silvergun'' was initially developed for the Sega Saturn-adjacent arcade board ST-V, before release in the home console Sega Saturn. It later received ports to the XBOX 360, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, by Treasure alongside Live Wire. It has a spiritual sequel developed by Treasure, named [[Ikaruga]], conceived as "Project RS-2", featuring radically different gameplay mechanics.

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 | [[File:RS_Stage4E.jpg|600px|center]] || * '''Stage 4E:''' 2521 A.D 7.13. 14:46
-<br><br> The final sub-stage of Stage 4. The boss of this section is CA2-EKZO, and it is the only boss in the game with colored Red, Yellow and Blue bits to its body, as well as one of the few bosses in the game where the player is presented with a chance to continue scoring points by chaining.
+<br><br> The final sub-stage of Stage 4. The boss of this section is CA2-EKZO, and it is the only boss in the game with colored Red, Yellow and Blue deployable bits, as well as one of the few bosses in the game where the player is presented with a chance to continue scoring points by chaining.
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