Rolling Gunner

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Developer: Project Rolling Gunner
Release date: August 10, 2018

Rolling Gunner (ローリングガンナー) is a shmup by Project Rolling Gunner initialy released for Windows, and later for Switch, PS4, Arcades (on the SEGA ALLS system) and then again to PC on STEAM.

This game is actually a prequel to another shmup called "Galaxy Frontier".

For replay videos, visit the Video Index.

Gameplay Overview

The player takes control of a ship along with the roling gun that can be aimed in 8 directions, with Fighter and Gunner shots. Gunner firing will freeze aim of the rolling gun and fire faster.

The player as well counts with the bombs. Auto-bomb has really short lenght and barely does damage, while manual bombing has more length, grants more i-frames and deals some damage.

A mechanic in this game is the Power-up system. When main item counter reaches 1000, the player can power-up to a Break-like state called Limiter. If medals are collected, energy will be stored for a Limiter Release, which slightly increases shot power.

Controls

The game has 3 buttons: Shot, Bomb and Full-auto shot. Button mapping and settings can variate on each port.

Difficulty modes

  • Novice: A game mode for newcomers. Auto-bomb consumes 1 bomb.
  • Casual: Simplified mode with simplified patterns. Auto-bomb consumes 1 bomb.
  • Original: The base game mode. Auto-bomb consumes all bombs.
  • Expert: A mode harder than Original. Auto-bomb consumes all bombs.

Rank

Rank appears in Original and Expert. Rank is what alters the velocity of each bullet pattern. Increases when it`s rank value reaches 9999. It also has a multiplier that variates depending on rank level.

Scoring

Scoring is earned by collecting medals, bonuses and the points multiplied by the multiplier attached to the rank level.

After a stage is cleared, the bonus goes like this:

  • Small star medal: Amount x 100
  • Twin star medal: Amount x 300
  • Triple star medal: Amount x 1000
  • Eagle star medal: Amount x 5000

If player no-misses a stage, an extra bonus is also awarded.

Ship types

RF-42RX Stork

RF-42RX Stork
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Shot type: Wide
Speed: Average

RF-42RS Super Stork

RF-42RS Super Stork
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Shot type: Narrow
Speed: Fast

RF-42RA Assault Stork

RF-42RA Assault Stork
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Shot type: Spread
Speed: Somewhat slow

Items

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Medals: Spawns from killed enemies and bullet cancels. Their level and appearance variate the score value
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Bomb: Dropped by bomb carriers. Grants extra bomb.
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1UP: Dropped by the Stage 4 Mid-bosses if they´re beaten with no bombs.

True Last Boss / TLB

The TLB has different requirements on different modes:

To trigger it in Novice and Casual, the player has to 1cc all 6 bosses.

To trigger it in Original and Expert, the player has to beat the Stage 6 Boss with rank at level 15 or higher.

OverPower

OverPower is a special release of Rolling Gunner exclusively for home ports. The major changes are the graphics recoloring, new mechanics, etc.

The player no longer has bombs, but counts with a buster beam that can cancel bullets, shield bars and as well a different way to switch between Fighter and Gunner shots.

The medals are divided into 2 types of medals: Green and red.

Enemy item carriers will drop shield restores and extra shield slot items.

Items in OverPower

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Shield restore: Restores a shield.
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Shield slot: Adds an extra shield slot.

Story

A scientifical group known as Lerman Matsunaga discovered a resource called Busternium, in which they used to make Buster Engines, aka the Buster All Controller engine (BAC). However, BAC became sentient out of nowhere, and decided to rebel against humanity and declare them war by producing and possesing machines to serve it.

A group within Lerman Matsunaga knew about the dangers of the dependence of Buster Engines. So they hire a pilot to go in a suicide mission to stop BAC before the earth ends in ruins. With a ship called the Stork, the pilot can use it to fight back, and as well a controllage rolling gun.

With the pilot ready to take off, the final hope takes flight...

Trivia

  • The name of Stork originates from the name of a bird species.
  • The BAC crystal is basically inspiried in The Stone-Like from Radiant Silvergun.
  • The name of Pterodactyl refers to the extinct species of dinosaurs.