Treasure Ikaruga "news" tweet

[charlesr]

Awesome!

Or how about "close eyes to fire".

[wakka]

Clap for bomb.

[Lebowski]

sirri voice integration "Fire black, FIRE white FIRE BLACK NO WHITE ARGHHH"

[VR46]

Got to admit I'm with Charles and co re touch screen gaming, even on an iPad for something like this. My Note has a 5.5" screen and bet that is still too small to make it enjoyable.

Guess that's why the Android version has an average rating of 3.1 our of 5.

[CMcK]

It's a simple button press on the iOS Cave ports to toggle auto fire on and off. Essential for getting decent scores in some games. Works well too.

[charlesr]

I'm sure a toggle works with some games, but Ikaruga needs constant attention and precise shots for chaining. I can't see it being anything but rubbish.

[Silvergun X]

The android version of Ikaruga was actually really good, and the control customisation it offered you was pretty awesome. I wasn't the best at the Dreamcast version, but I can perfect chain the first stage on Android just the same.

I had the controls set so single tapping the screen would swap your polarity. At the bottom of the screen, you had a long bar that toggled autofire on and off, and you also had two buttons on the side for manual fire and energy shot.

[Family Fry]

Looks like the announcement was Ikaruga being put onto Steam Greenlight, looks like they are interested in converting to PC.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=183195387
So this is good news then!

[VR46]

Yes nice to see it being ported, really want this on the Wii U and 3DS though personally.

[charlesr]

The android version of Ikaruga was actually really good, and the control customisation it offered you was pretty awesome. I wasn't the best at the Dreamcast version, but I can perfect chain the first stage on Android just the same.

I had the controls set so single tapping the screen would swap your polarity. At the bottom of the screen, you had a long bar that toggled autofire on and off, and you also had two buttons on the side for manual fire and energy shot.

That's really interesting to hear. Cheers dude.

[bcass]

If they'd indicated that this would be the "Ultimate" version, ie - featuring all the extras from all the other ports, then I might have considered it. As it is, it just looks like a cheap & cheerful commercial release of the NESiCA version, so no thanks.

[gordon]

Yes nice to see it being ported, really want this on the Wii U and 3DS though personally.

Me, too. I could see the optional 3D working quite nicely in a couple of places as well - e.g. the 'descent' cut-scene in level 2. I don't know why Treasure haven't ported more games to the DS/3DS, given the potential sales on both systems.

[Brad]

I'll have some of this. my monitor can rotate, I've got an hrap3 that works on the pc. should be a nice experience.

[Mr Ono]

Out on PC (Steam) next week! 18th Feb,