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2 | 5 Like: R-Type | S.12.5/E.01 | 307 | VARIOUS | VARIOUS | VARIOUS | EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to Volume II of the Bullet Heaven episode guide! For Volume I, containing the scores for Episodes 1-306 Please visit https://tinyurl.com/d7sndcdu EDITOR'S NOTE 2: This is the first episode of "Bullet Heaven Prototype", a miniseason to try out new ideas and directions for the Bullet Heaven series. It is NOT the start of season 13. As such I will be denoting these episodes as part of Season "12.5". Please excuse the mess. Normal coverage will resume soon. GAMES COVERED: Last Resort (Neo-Geo: SNK, 1992), Xexex (Arcade: Konami, 1991), Redux: Dark Matters (Steam: Signo & Arte, 2014), Rigid Force Redux (Various: Com8com1, 2020), Pulstar (Neo-Geo: SNK/Aicom, 1995), Choutetsu Birkinger (Neo-Geo: SNK/Saurus, 1996) | |||||||
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4 | EPISODE TITLE | SEASON/EP. | EPISODE # | CONSOLE | PUBLISHER | DEVELOPER | GAMEPLAY | CHALLENGE | PRESENTATION | INGENUITY | FINAL OPINION | COMMENTARY | ||
5 | Blaster Master Zero 1 and 2 DEEP DIVE | S.12.5/E.02 | 308 | Various | Limited Run/Sunsoft | Inti Creates | Great | Good | Great | Excellent | Zero: Highly Recommended; Zero 2: Worth playing | Return of the rating format but no numerical scores. | ||
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7 | EPISODE TITLE | SEASON/EP. | EPISODE # | CONSOLE | PUBLISHER | DEVELOPER | CONTROL | CHALLENGE | LENGTH | VISUALS | AUDIO | INGENUITY | FINAL OPINION | COMMENTARY |
8 | Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton Reboot! | S.12.5/E.03 | 309 | Switch | Inin Games | Rocket Engine/Beep/Success | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | MUST PLAY | Back by popular demand, the return of numerical scores. Average score: 4.67/5 |
9 | Area 88 Long Play and Ultimate Guide | S.12.5/E.04 | 310 | Super Famicom | Capcom | Capcom | This includes a full playthrough of Area 88/UN Squadron with various strategies and tips explaned and illustarated. | |||||||
10 | Dariusburst Another Chronicle EX+ | S.12.5/E.05 | 311 | Switch | Inin Games | Taito/Pyramid | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 3.83/5 "DAHRYEYUSSS" |
11 | G-Mode Archives: Ketsui EX | S.12.5/E.06 | 312 | Switch | Gmode | Cave | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 3.33/5 |
12 | Star Hunter DX | S.12.5/E.07 | 313 | Steam/Switch | 1CC Games | Chorus Worldwide | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | MUST PLAY | Average Score: 5/5. First perfect score of Season 12.5 |
13 | Dangan GB | S.12.5/E.08 | 314 | Gameboy | Catskull Electronics | Snorpung | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4.33/5 FREE GAME! (*if acquired from Snorpung's Itch,io page) First Gameboy review since Quarth in Season 5! |
14 | Razion EX | S.12.5/E.09 | 315 | Switch | NG-Dev Team | NG-Dev Team | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4/5. Final Episode of Bullet Heaven Prototype. |
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16 | EPISODE TITLE | SEASON/EP. | EPISODE # | CONSOLE | PUBLISHER | DEVELOPER | CONTROL | CHALLENGE | LENGTH | VISUALS | AUDIO | INGENUITY | FINAL OPINION | COMMENTARY |
17 | Espgaluda II ~Be Ascension. The Third Bright Stone of Birth~ | S.13/E.01 | 316 | Switch | Live Wire | Cave | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | MUST PLAY | Season 13 Start! New show title 13ullet Heaven (look at it from a distance). New theme song: The 13th Gate. Rating system from Prototype continues here. Average Score: 4.83/5 |
18 | Space Invaders Invincible Collection | S.13/E.02 | 317 | Switch | Strictly Limited | Taito | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4.13/5 |
19 | G-Darius HD | S.13/E.03 | 318 | Switch | Inin | Taito/M2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4/5 |
20 | Techbeat Heart | S.13/E.04 (1) | 319 | Steam | Lost Machine Games | Lost Machine Games | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4.17/5. The Return of Indie-3 after a 10 year hiatus! |
21 | Extra Galactica | S.13/E.04 (2) | 319 | Steam | Ghost Street Games | Ghost Street Games | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4.17/5. |
22 | Hell Blasters | S.13/E.04 (3) | 319 | Steam | Playshift Games | Playshift Games | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4.33/5. |
23 | Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer | S.13/E.05 | 320 | Switch | Ratalaika Games | NCS/Masaya | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4.67/5. One of the most expensive games ever featured on Bullet Heaven!...in a far more affordable form. |
24 | Panzer Dragoon | S.13/E.06(1) | 321 | Saturn | Sega | Team Andromeda | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4/5 |
25 | Panzer Dragoon Remake | S.13/E.06(2) | 321 | PS4 | Limited Run | Megapixel Studios | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 3.67/5 |
26 | Genesis | S.13/E.07 | 322 | Game Boy | Incube8 Games | 7FH | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | QUESTIONABLE | Average Score: 2.83/5 Lowest rated game since Iro Hero in Season 9. |
27 | S.C.A.T. | S.13/E.08 | 323 | NES/Switch | Limited Run | Natsume | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score 4.17/5 |
28 | Marchen Adventure Cotton 100% | S.13/E.09(1) | 324 | Switch | Inin | Ratalaika/Success | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 3.67/5 Cotton Blend #1 |
29 | Panorama Cotton | S.13/E.09(2) | 324 | Switch | Inin | Ratalaika/Success | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 3.67/5 Cotton Blend #2 "(Worth playing) more as a curiosity than for its actual gameplay" |
30 | Brave Fighter of the Sun Fighbird | S.13/E.10 | 325 | Famicom | Irem | Irem | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | QUESTIONABLE | Average Score: 3.19/5 |
31 | Blazing Rangers | S.13/E.11 | 326 | Famicom | First Press Games | Karu_Gamo | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4.67/5 Daeruna returns as Player Two after a nearly year long hiatus. |
32 | Darius Cosmic Revelation | S.13/E.12(1) | 327 | PS4/Switch | Strictly Limited | Taito/M2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4.33/5 Review covers Sagaia Game Boy. Dariusblast Another Chronicle EX+ and G-Darius HD were previously reviewed in episodes #311 and #318 respectively. |
33 | Darius Extra Version | S.13/E.12(2) | 327 | Genesis | Strictly Limited | Taito/M2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | MUST PLAY | Average Score: 4.83/5 |
34 | Top-10 2021 | S.13/E.13 | 328 | Various | Various | Various | EDITOR'S NOTE: Readers of the previous volume of the guide will note I did not include the earlier Top 10 lists. As those lacked proper episode numbers, I viewed them as bonus related SMP videos much like Gamequest and Crate Dae. This one however is numbered and is thus included here. -- LD | |||||||
35 | Moon Cresta | S.13/E.14(1) | 329 | Various | Various | Nihon Bussan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 3.33/5 |
36 | Terra Cresta | S.13/E.14(2) | 329 | Various | Various | Nichibutsu | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4.0/5 |
37 | Terra Cresta II: Mandora's Couterattack | S.13/E.14(3) | 329 | PC-Engine | Nichibutsu | Nichibutsu | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | MUST PLAY | Average Score: 4.67/5 |
38 | Terra Cresta 3D | S.13/E.14(4) | 329 | Saturn | Nichibutsu | Nichibutsu | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | QUESTIONABLE | Average Score: 3.13/5 |
39 | Sol Cresta | S.13/E.14(5) | 329 | Various | Hamster | Platinum Games | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4.5/5. Five games. One Video. Thirty-three minutes (the longest to date). Covers the entire Cresta series minus the spin-off game Terra Force. Sol Cresta final opinion reflects the Steam version. Switch owners are urged to avoid that port. |
40 | Andro Dunos II | S.13/E.15 | 330 | Switch | Studio Storybird | Piccorine Soft | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4/5 |
41 | Space Moth Lunar Edition | S.13/E.16 | 331 | Steam | Chorus Worldwide | 1CC Games | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4.67/5 Space Moth DX was previously reviewed in Episode #145 |
42 | Dangun Feveron | S.13/E.17 | 332 | Switch | Strictly Limited | M2/Cave | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4.33/5 |
43 | Drainus | S.13/E.18 | 333 | Steam | Playism | Team Ladybug | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | MUST PLAY | Average Score: 4.67/5 |
44 | Pigship and the Giant Wolf | S.13/ E.19 | 334 | Switch | Super Power Up | Pixelbone Studio | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | AVOID IT | Average Score: 2.83/5 Although it had the same score as Genesis in episode 322, this game was just THAT bad enough to get the first (and only) purely negative review under the new format. Try better next time, Pixelbone. |
45 | Horgihugh and Friends | S13/E.20 | 335 | Switch | Aksys Games | PIXEL | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | WORTH PLAYING | Average Score: 4/5 |
46 | Choutetsu Brikinger | S.13/E.21 | 336 | Neo-Geo CD | SNK | Saurus | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Average Score: 4.5/5 Thank you Ed and Dae, Thank you Canada. [Special note] Thank you for your tireless dedication, Dalek. These guides are incredible. (-Ed) |
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49 | Astro Ninja Man DX | S.14/E.01 | 337 | Famicom | Columbus Circle | Riki (doujinsoft) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | BETTER THAN EXPECTED | Average Score: 4.2/5 Thirteen months later... we begin again. New theme music: The 14th Gate. Bullet Heaven is now a show where Etrem talks about shmups he thinks are neat and whether they hold up to modern scrutiny as opposed to a sponsored review show. As such the "final verdict" is now divided into three catagories: Better than expected, about the same, and worse than expected. |
50 | Arcade Archives: Zing Zing Zip | S.14/E.02 | 338 | Various | Hamster | Allumer | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ABOUT THE SAME | Average Score 3.2/5 |
51 | Acade Archives: Jail Break | S.14/E.03 | 339 | Various | Hamster | Konami | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | WORSE THEN EXPECTED | Average Score: 2.67/5 |
52 | Arcade Archives: Strike Gunner S.T.G. | S.14/E.04 | 340 | Various | Hamster | Athena | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ABOUT THE SAME | Average Score 3.5/5 |
53 | Arcade Archives: Finest Hour | S.14/E.05 | 341 | Various | Hamster | Namco | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | BETTER THAN EXPECTED | Average Score: 4.05/5 Currently delisted from the Switch E-shop because Geddy Lee hates fun. |
54 | Raiden III x Mikado Maniax (III) | S.14/E.06 | 342 | Switch | Nippon Ichi | MOSS | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | BETTER THAN EXPECTED | Average Score: 4.17/5.WIGGLE BEAM SUPREME! The final score represents an improvement of over half a percentile from the previous versions of Raiden III |
55 | Final Exerion | S.14/E.07 | 343 | Switch | City Connection | Happy Meal | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | BETTER THAN EXPECTED | Average Score: 4/5. Ah delicious Famitrash. If only the graphics were better... |
56 | Acade Archives: Darius II (Sagaia) | S.14/E. 08 | 344(1) | Switch | Hamster | Taito | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | BETTER THAN EXPECTED | OCTOBER ARCADE ARCHIVES ROUND-UP #1: Average Score 4.67/5. Mmmm Tuna Sashimi! |
57 | Arcade Archives: Burning Force | S.14/E. 08 | 344(2) | Switch | Hamster | Namco | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ABOUT THE SAME | OCTOBER ARCADE ARCHIVES ROUND-UP #2: Average Score 3.83/5 |
58 | Trouble Witches Final! | S.14/E. 09 | 345 | Switch/PS4 | Rocket Engine | Studio SiestA | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | BEST AVAILABLE | Average Score: 4.83/5 |
59 | Air Twister | S. 14/E.10 | 346 | Switch/PS5 | Inin Games | YS Net | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ABOUT THE SAME | Average Score: 4.6/5 First ever PS5 game reviewed on Bullet Heaven |
60 | Arcade Archives: Daioh | S.14/E.11 | 347(1) | Switch/PS4 | Hamster | Athena | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | BETTER THAN EXPECTED | NOVEMBER ARCADE ARCHIVES ROUND-UP #1: Average Score 4.33/5 |
61 | Arcade Archives: Warp & Warp | S.14/E.11 | 347(2) | Switch/PS4 | Hamster | Namco | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ABOUT THE SAME | NOVEMBER ARCADE ARCHIVES ROUND-UP #2: Average Score 3.17/5 |
62 | Arcade Archives: Scramble Formation | S.14/E.11 | 347(3) | Switch/PS4 | Hamster | Taito | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | WORSE THEN EXPECTED | NOVEMBER ARCADE ARCHIVES ROUND-UP #3: Average Score 3/5 |
63 | DoDonPachi Daioujou | S.14/E.12 | 348 | Various | Various | Cave | ITS. JUST. NOT. FUN. | The DoDonPachi DaiOuJou Dynasty, covering the original arcade version and its many, many ports. No scores are given but the port of the Gmode mobile to Switch received a 3/5 in 2020. | ||||||
64 | Truxton/Tatsujin | S.14/E.13 | 349 | Various | Various | Toaplan | "WE WANT TRUXTON!" | "Truxujin -- Ships of Red, Blue, and Green" | ||||||
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