Ultimate Ecology

**Ultimate Ecology**
Developer:	Capcom
Music:	Shun Nishigaki
Program:	Katsuhiko Someya ; Kazuhiko Komori ; Manabu Kawase
Art:	Hiroaki Minobe ; Makoto Ishii ; Masaru Nishimura
Release date:	Arcade NA: April 1994 ; Arcade JP: June 1994
Previous game:	Varth: Operation Thunderstorm
Next game:	19XX: The War Against Destiny

Ultimate Ecology (JP: アルティメットエコロジー) is a horizontal shoot em' up released by Capcom in 1994.

The game was localized overseas as Eco Fighters.

Gameplay Overview

Ultimate Ecology is a 3-button game with 7 stages.

A button: Rotates the arm counter-clockwise.
B button: Fires the arm's main shot/secondary shot; holding the button down releases a charge shot.
C button: Rotates the arm clockwise.

Arms have 5 levels of power, getting hit removes 2 levels. Every arm has a charge attack except laser sword.

Vulcan, Bomb, and Homing are fired by the player's ship.

Icon	Description
	Crystal Main source of power, appears when enemies are destroyed. Every 20 crystals spawns a arm pickup.
	Energy Ball Rapid-fire shot, charge attack pierces through small/medium enemies.
	Hammer Fires landmines with piercing properties, charge shot extends the arm outward.
	Laser Sword Laser shot, always active until the player picks up a different arm type.
	Wheel Spread shot, charge shot releases a loop of fire.
	Vulcan Forward shot.
	Bomb Splash shot.
	Homing Homing shot.