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Psikyo
Psikyo was a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for its shoot 'em ups and undressing mahjong games. It was founded in 1992 by former Video System staff who worked on the '' Aero Fighters'' series. Psikyo was mainly an arcade game developer, and ported some of their games to home consoles as well. Psikyo was acquired by X-Nauts in 2002. In 2003, it was reported that Psikyo was shutting down. Shortly afterwards, X-Nauts stated this news was wrong. Games would continue to be released under the Psikyo label, but would be outsourced to other teams. In 2007, Psikyo programming veteran Keiyuki Haragami started a company called Zerodiv to handle distribution of Psikyo's catalog. In March 2019, Zerodiv was acquired by City Connection, but in February 2025, Edia, the current owner of Telenet Japan IPs, purchased Zerodiv from City Connection by a value of one million yen. Games developed Psikyo label games not developed by Psikyo Notes References External linksOffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai Aces
''Sengoku Ace'' (), fully titled ''Sengoku Ace: Tengai Episode I'' and also known as ''Samurai Aces'' in the English version, is a vertically scrolling shooter released in the arcades by Psikyo in 1993. The first game by Psikyo, ''Sengoku Ace'' was designed by Shinsuke Nakamura, the creator of ''Aero Fighters'' (''Sonic Wings'') and the company's founder. Gameplay Samurai Aces is a pseudo military-to-fantasy-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game. Plot The science fantasy story of ''Sengoku Ace'' resolves around the six Feudal Japan (Sengoku period) characters sent on a mission to stop an evil cult and rescue the Shogun's kidnapped daughter, princess Tsukihime (Moon Princess), before she can be used as a sacrifice to resurrect their demon god. The game features 21 endings, different for various characters and two-player pairings. Characters * Flush (Flash) / Ayin / Aine (閃光のアイン) - a 25-year-old, one-eyed, blonde samurai flying a J7W, who is looking for his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengoku Blade
''Sengoku Blade'', also known as ''Tengai'' outside Japan, is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up video game released for arcade machines in 1996 by Psikyo as a sequel to their 1993 shooter '' Sengoku Ace''. A home console version was also released for the Sega Saturn. The game was ported years later to the PlayStation 2, and again for iOS and Android devices and the Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is set in a historical fantasy version of the Sengoku period of Japanese history, featuring demons, magic and steam-powered robotics. Gameplay ''Sengoku Blade'' is horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up. The game takes place in an imaginative and futuristic version of feudal Japan featuring steam-powered machinery. The Saturn version provides an option to choose a difficulty level between 1 and 7, configure controls, and set the number of lives between 1 and 4. The player may choose from five playable characters at the start and may unlocked two more. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Blaze
''Dragon Blaze'' is a shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published in 2000 by Psikyo. It was ported to the PlayStation 2 as part of Taito's ''Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 3: Sol Divide & Dragon Blaze'' compilation in 2005. The game was later also released on its own as a budget range title for the PlayStation 2 in Europe by 505 Games on 2006. In 2018 the game was ported to the Nintendo Switch by Zerodiv as part of their series of re-releases of classic Psikyo games. The game was later ported to Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Gameplay ''Dragon Blaze'' plays like many typical 2D vertically scrolling shooters by Psikyo, although this game is closer to the bullet hell genre than most of the company's other output and the color of the enemies' bullets has been changed from Psikyo's trademark orange to a neon purple. The game gives each character (Quaid, Sonia, Ian, Rob) the standard normal shot, charged shot, and magic bomb, but each character also rides a drago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Divide
is a scrolling shooter developed by Psikyo and released as an arcade video game in 1997. Ports were published for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and later PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Plot Gameplay Release ''Sol Divide'' was released on February 24, 2005 for the PlayStation 2. It was released for Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2018. Reception ''Sol Divide'' received mixed to positive reception from critics since its release. Notes References External links ''Sol Divide''at GameFAQs ''Sol Divide''at Killer List of Videogames ''Sol Divide'' at MobyGames 1997 video games 505 Games games Arcade video games Cooperative video games Horizontally scrolling shooters Multiplayer and single-player video games Nintendo Switch games PlayStation (console) games PlayStation 2 games Psikyo games Taito games Video games developed in Japan Video games with pre-rendered 3D graphics Windows game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strikers 1945 III
''Strikers 1945 III '' also known as , is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed and originally released by Psikyo in 1999 for the arcades. The game is a sequel to '' Strikers 1945 II'', chronologically taking place 54 years after the first two games in the series. Gameplay The player chooses from one of six modern jet fighter aircraft and shoots through eight stages (the first four levels are randomly chosen, and the last four remain the same for each play). Once the game is beaten, a report showing the statistics of the player are displayed, and the game 'loops' with the difficulty much higher. Each game (on default settings) begins with three lives, and an extra life is earned at 600,000 (or 800,000). When all lives are lost, the option to continue is given but the score is reset. Another latest feature is the Technical Bonus. During a boss battle, a blue orb is revealed as the weak point. In order to get a 'quick kill', the fighter plane must be extremely clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strikers 1945 II
is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up game developed and originally published by Psikyo in 1997 for the Arcade game, arcades as a follow-up to ''Strikers 1945''. This game was also ported by Kuusou Kagaku to the PlayStation (console), PlayStation and Sega Saturn for Psikyo and re-released by Success (company), Success in 2000. Agetec released ''Strikers 1945 II'' for the PlayStation in North America under the title ''Strikers 1945'' in 2001, and Midas Games released it in Europe as a budget title in 2003. The game was also included in ''Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 1: Strikers 1945 I&II'' by Taito for PlayStation 2, later was released as a downloadable title for PlayStation Network by GungHo Online Entertainment, and finally for Android (operating system), Android and iOS by Mobirix (as ''STRIKERS 1945-2''). Also, after S&C Entertainment developed another version, they released it on Google Play, with the plane fire button removed, making it autofire and only tap the bomb and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strikers 1945
, also known as ''Striker 1945'', is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Psikyo in 1995. In Japan, it was ported to the PlayStation (console), PlayStation and Sega Saturn by Atlus in 1996; later was also released as part of ''Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 1: Strikers 1945 I & II'' by Taito for the PlayStation 2 (in Europe by System 3 (company), Play It under the name ''1945 I & II: The Arcade Games''). The game was followed by ''Strikers 1945 II'' in 1997 (released in North America as just "''Strikers 1945''"), and ''Strikers 1945 III'' in 1999, as well as the second title remake called ''Strikers 1945 Plus''. In 2022, the original arcade version was included as part of the Sega Astro City Mini V, a vertically-oriented variant of the Sega Astro City mini console. Gameplay Each plane in ''Strikers 1945'' has three attacks: a normal shot, a charged shot, and a bomb that clears the screen of minor enemies and bullets. Both normal and charged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |