Bangai-O Spirits
Bangai-O Spirits is a shoot 'em up for the Nintendo DS, and the sequel to Bangai-O which was released on the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast. A sequel, Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury, was released in 2011.
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| Developer(s) | Treasure |
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| Director(s) | Mitsuru Yaida |
| Designer(s) | Makoto Ogino |
| Composer(s) | Norio Hanzawa |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Bangai-O Spirits is a side-scrolling shooting game with free-scrolling levels that extend horizontally and vertically. The player controls a robot with the ability to fly, but is still affected by gravity. He has seven weapons to choose from, and can perform melee attacks using a baseball bat or sword.
The game has 160 levels, and features a level editor to create more. Edited levels can be encoded in a sound that can be recorded with a computer and shared between players. This technology was inspired by the datacasettes used by some older computers, including the Sharp X1 on which Matsumoto learned to program.