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equipped with a standard laser shot that can be upgraded when certain power-ups are collected. The player has access to three different upgradable weapons: the V-Laser which fires in three directions, the Wide Beam which can shoot through every foreground object (except for the flying orange iron rock objects) and the Crash Shot a slow firing cluster of gray, explosive crystals that scatter shrapnel in the opposite direction of its impact. Other items includes Homing
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initially praised the game being fun to play but criticized its lack of originality, and noted that when the player loses they lose the extra weapons and is difficult to continue since the game only has five levels. Mega Play's four reviewers gave positive reviews giving both positive and negative
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The story takes place in an alien solar system and focuses on the history of its two inhabited planets: Parceria and Seneca. For many years, the people of these planets lived in harmony together with the seemingly more advanced
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game difficulty and other standard features). Console XS gave a review score of 28% and considered the game to be the worst shoot 'em up ever on the Sega
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