Items15The creator’s order
  1. 1Ikaruga (2001)Ikaruga (2001) 8.8/10 on IGDBReleased 20 Dec 2001Switch polarity to absorb bullets matching your ship's colour, then spend that stored energy on homing lasers. The useful question becomes which stream to enter, not simply which gap to flee towards. Changing colour also changes which shots are dangerous, so an apparently safe position can become…0
  2. 2RefleX (2008)RefleX (2008) 7.0/10 on IGDBReleased 16 Aug 2008RefleX makes recovery a decision: shield energy returns only while you are neither shooting nor shielding. The same gauge also affects the strength of ordinary fire, so draining it weakens your next attack as well as removing protection. Hold the shield to reflect optical shots and lasers, but…0
  3. 3Drainus (2022)Drainus (2022) 8.0/10 on IGDBReleased 22 May 2022Hold the Reflector to absorb energy fire, then release it to turn the stored attack back on the enemy. Its limited guard meter makes the length of that hold important: a greedy absorption can leave you exposed when the next threat arrives. Physical attacks and obstacles still demand movement, so…0
  4. 4Eschatos (2011)Eschatos (2011) 7.0/10 on IGDBReleased 7 Apr 2011A front-facing shield replaces your shot while active, creating a direct choice between destroying an enemy and intercepting its fire. It drains a visible meter, does not protect you from every direction, and therefore rewards deliberate positioning rather than hiding indefinitely. Wide and…0
  5. 5Radiant Silvergun (2011)Radiant Silvergun (2011)Released 14 Sept 2011The ordinary Radiant Sword absorbs pink bullets to fill the Hyper Sword gauge; it is not a universal shield against every colour or collision. A full gauge unlocks the separate Hyper Sword attack, whose brief invulnerability gives you a much stronger escape tool. That distinction makes choosing a…0
  6. 6Giga Wing (1999)Giga Wing (1999) 6.2/10 on IGDBReleased 1 Mar 1999Hold the shot control when Reflect Force is ready to send an approaching field of bullets back towards its source. Its activation and recharge rhythm asks you to prepare for a dangerous wave, then survive the gap before the next field. You are protected during the active reflection, not permanently…0
  7. 7G-Darius HD (2021)G-Darius HD (2021)Released 27 Sept 2021A captured enemy becomes a companion whose behaviour can provide extra fire or a useful shield. Keeping it alive protects one plan; spending it as a bomb or Alpha Beam clears the way for another, and a careless wait can let it be destroyed before either payoff. G-Darius HD makes that older capture…0
  8. 8Psyvariar Delta (2018)Psyvariar Delta (2018) 9.0/10 on IGDBReleased 30 Aug 2018Close passes earn experience, and levelling up grants a short period of invulnerability. That lets you deliberately enter a dangerous formation while protected and build towards another level, turning defence into an active route through the bullets. Delta's display shows the remaining invincible…0
  9. 9Graze Counter GM (2023)Graze Counter GM (2023)Released 18 Jan 2023Graze nearby bullets to prepare a Counter, use its beam to clear danger, then gather the resulting stars towards Break. In GM, Break supplies a limited period of invulnerability as well as stronger firepower, so a well-prepared offensive sequence can become your escape route. You still need to…0
  10. 10Rolling Gunner + Over Power (2021)Rolling Gunner + Over Power (2021)Released 1 Apr 2021Use the Over Power rules included in this package: the rolling gun can intercept bullets, a buster beam destroys incoming fire, and a plasma shield recovers automatically. Positioning the auxiliary gun therefore becomes part of keeping a safe route open while attacking. These are substantial…0