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developed by

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and published by

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for the

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. It is a

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of ''

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), PlayStati ...

'', which was released earlier in 1997 on multiple platforms. In the game, players choose one of the six fighter planes to fight against the F.G.R. organization, who leaked information of weapons by the now-disbanded C.A.N.Y. forces. Though first released in arcades, the title was later

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and re-released through download services to other platforms, each one featuring various changes compared to the original version.

Gameplay

''Strikers 1945 Plus'' is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game similar to ''Strikers 1945 II'', where players chooses one of the six

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-era fighter planes through eight stages, with the first four being played in random order.''Strikers 1945 Plus'' arcade flyer (SNK, US) Players collect weapon power-ups, bombs and gold bars for points. Each plane is equipped with a unique "supershot", which is charged by damaging enemies and fired by holding then releasing the fire button. Supershots can be stored but the number varies from plane to plane. Using a bomb results in a large friendly fighter swooping onto the screen and blocking shots while returning fire for a few seconds. Unlike previous entries, ''Plus'' is played on a horizontal screen but in a cropped view with each side showing a status bar, while alterations to the gameplay had been made. A

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system where players immediately starts at the location they died at is used. A hit by enemy fire results in losing a live, as well as a penalty of decreasing the plane's firepower to his original state and the game is over once all lives are lost, unless the players insert more credits into the arcade machine to

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playing.

Synopsis

It is winter of 1945 and the Strikers have successfully eliminated C.A.N.Y.'s forces. The fierce fight was considered a militarist coup d'état disapproving the acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration. The threat posed by C.A.N.Y. enshrouded the world in the shadow of war. Meanwhile, data on C.A.N.Y.'s new weapons, tightly sealed by the US Department of Defense was leaked by a new organization, codenamed "F.G.R.", threatening to drag the world into the chaos of war once again with it. Upon learning of the situation, the Strikers, who had been appointed as a new weapons development experimental unit, were convened once again as protectors of the world.

Release

''Strikers 1945 Plus'' was first released by SNK for the Neo Geo MVS board on December 24, 1999. A

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port titled ''Strikers 1945 Plus Portable'' was released in China in February 2009 and was later released by

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as a downloadable title on July 30, 2009 in North America, while a physical version was published in Japan. In December 2009, an

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version was also released by WindySoft. It has since received a re-release by

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in recent years on

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platforms such as the

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and

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Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Strikers 1945 Plus'' on their March 15, 2000 issue as being the sixteenth most-successful arcade game of the month.

Notes

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