Rezon
Taking place in the year 2191, the player pilots a recently developed space fighter, the SR-91, through six stages to defend the Earth from a two-year-long alien invasion. The SR-91 uses the VAWS (Variable Armor and Weapon System) which uses the Optica Weapon Arms. The Arms shield the ship from top and bottom attacks, provides back-up fire and using its Arm System can be positioned to fire in various angles depending on the current weapon. The SR-91 uses one of three different pick-up weapons: the red "Taikuu Laser", thin red beams that fire straight forward; the yellow "Ring Laser", yellow rings which can be aimed in all directions and provide good coverage; and the blue "Hansha Ball", blue spheres that can be also aimed in all directions and bounce off the walls. The only other pick-up items are Speed Ups and Speed Downs. Extends were set at the first 70,000 points and was added with every 80,000.
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HISTORY
Rezon is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Allumer and published by Taito for arcades. The first game to be developed by Allumer, it was only released in Japan in September 1991. Hamster Corporation acquired the game's rights alongside Allumer's catalogue, releasing the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in April 2023.
Gameplay
The player controls a spaceship which is tasked to handle an alien invasion. In a similar manner to Irem's R-Type, the player shoots down enemies alongside two mini spaceships which follow the player and assist in the attack. However, the angle of the shots from the mini spaceships can be angled as the player moves, allowing them to be used as shields.
Reception
Damien McFerran of Time Extension and Chris Moyse of Destructoid criticized the game for being derivative to R-Type, noting that numerous level layouts and gameplay design were apparently copied verbatim from that game.
1CC RUNS
One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.
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RELEASES 3 systems
PHYSICAL RELEASES 1 box
