IKARUGA ON DREAMCAST (Japanese import)

[Les Waste]

I've played Ikaruga on GC, and I knew it was a great game the first time I heard about it. It is really a throwback to the older horizontal or vertical scrolling shooters with only five levels but they're insanely hard, but at the same time it's really different and interesting.

I don't think it's as hard as R-Type. In fact, it just isn't. It's still really hard, but all the difficulty is in switching between white and black. It is possible, however, to win the entire game without firing a single shot. I don't know if using your special attack counts, but it must since I can't imagine how else you would beat the bosses. That would be fucking hard.