Guwange
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Guwange ぐわんげ
Guwange was the last game developed by Cave for their 1st gen hardware.
It was originally released in the arcades in 1999, and later ported to Xbox 360.
A variation of the game with altered scoring system called "Special Version" or "Blue Label" exists. It is a simple rom swap on PCB, and available in the 360 port.
Gameplay Overview
Guwange is a vertical shooter with a walking character and levels scrolling both vertically and horizontally.
- A (Press): Shot.
- A (Hold): "Shikigami" attack.
- B: Bomb
- When holding B after bombing, you can move the stick to control the direction of the bomb.
- C: A Auto-fire if enabled in the game's test menu.
Characters
Shishin : Dude with mask
- -- Shot can be aimed left/right a bit when moving.
- -- Average movement speed
Shishin: Girl with wolf
- -- Shots fire straight
- -- Fast movement speed
- -- Shikigami attack leave napalm trails
Gensuke: Dude with glasses
- -- Shots are wide but straight
- -- Slow movement speed
Health pickups
There are three types of health pickups. - Small: Restores some health in the current health bar. - Medium: Restores one full health bar. - Large: Restores all health.
Stage 3
Destroy the biggest statue first at the end of the horizontally scrolling section (small health pickup)
Stage 4
Destroy the midboss with shikigami attack (medium health pickup)
Stage 5
Destroy the tank before the boss (small health pickup)
Stage 6
On the spider section, killing spiders will grant health pickups. First a small, then a medium and then a large assuming enough spiders are killed.
Each cart at the section towards the end grants a small health pickup.
The right three at the first phase of the boss gives a medium health pickup.
Scoring
TODO: add
Console Release Notes
Xbox 360 / Xbox One
- Physical Release? - No, digital download only.
- Arranged Modes - Yes: 'Guwange Arrange Blue', 'Guwange Arrange 360'
- Online Leaderboards? - Yes
- Tate Option? - Yes
- Original Arcade Graphics - Yes (and Xbox 360 can be forced to output Tate 4:3 ratio at 480p)
- Internal Scanlines Generator: No
- Graphical Filters: Smoothing On/Off
- Training mode - Yes
- Training Mode Configuration:
- Save States - No - Level Select - Yes - Customise Resources - Yes - Boss Fight Select - No - Mid Boss Fight Select - No
- Replay Mode - Yes (and can download high level replays from Leaderboards)
- Can slow replays to 1/32 speed (!)
