Silpheed: The Lost Planet
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| Developer(s) | Game Arts, Treasure Co. Ltd |
| Publisher(s) | Working Designs |
| Release date(s) |  September 21, 2000 April 23, 2001 May 11, 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Media | CD-ROM |
Silpheed: The Lost Planet is an enhanced remake of the original Silpheed on the Sega CD. It was developed by Treasure Co. Ltd and Game Arts, and was published in North America by Working Designs. The game is a vertical scrolling shooter in which the player controls 019, a Silpheed of the planet Solont's SA-77 Squadron, as it takes on countless alien enemies.
[edit] Gameplay
The player is allowed to equip two weapons to his Silpheed at once; one for the right side, and one for the left (used with the Circle and Square buttons, respectively, though both can be fired simultaneously with the X button). Weapons include the straight-shooting bullets common to shooters of this type, bullets that fire diagonally to form a V shape, beams that function something like windshield wipers when the player changes direction, and several others. Weapons are awarded at the end of levels.
One unique aspect of the game is its proximity combo system. The game measures the player's closeness to the enemy at the time of its death, and multiplies the points earned anywhere from 2 to 16 times. If the player has a collision with an enemy or the environment, no multipliers are awarded for several seconds.
As expected from a Treasure game, there are many bosses in Silpheed: The Lost Planet. About half the time spent playing the game is comprised of bosses big and small.
[edit] Enhancements in the U.S. version
Working Designs enhanced the game before publishing it to the United States, as it tends to. For one, support for analog control and vibration functionality was added. The slowdown from the Japanese version is almost completely eliminated as well. The game's U.S. packaging also features a foil-embossed, reflective cover.
