G.rev

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

G.rev (or G.revolution) is a Japanese arcade videogame developer.

The company was founded by former Taito employees who had worked on G-Darius, hence its name.

G.Rev's first release was a puzzle game, Doki Doki Idol Starseeker, but they are better known for the critically acclaimed shoot 'em ups Border Down and Under Defeat. All their games have been native to the Sega NAOMI arcade board and Doki Doki Idol Starseeker, Border Down and Under Defeat were then ported to the Dreamcast.

G.rev has also assisted Treasure with the programming and background graphic design of the popular shoot 'em ups Ikaruga and Gradius V.

Their two newest arcade releases are also shoot 'em ups: Senko no Ronde (an unusual mix of fighting and shooting) and Under Defeat (a helicopter war shoot 'em up, visually similar to Psikyo's Zero Gunner). A Dreamcast port of Under Defeat was released on March 2006; Senko no Ronde will instead have an Xbox 360 port, planned for spring 2006.

[edit] Releases

Doki Doki Idol Star Seeker — (2001), (NAOMI/Dreamcast)
Border Down — (2003), (NAOMI/Dreamcast)
Senko no Ronde — (2005), (NAOMI/Xbox 360)
Under Defeat — (March, 2006), (NAOMI/Dreamcast)

[edit] Other works

Ikaruga — (2001), (NAOMI/Dreamcast/GameCube) - Programming and background graphic design.
Gradius V — (2004), (PlayStation 2) - Programming and background graphic design.