天下制覇

Thanks to Mr Peckerston for the gameplay vid.

RefRain is a work of art. Aside from the exceedingly bland enemy design and the fact that it’s tough as nails, the shot patterns are just what I expected from the TWilight INSanity Samidare group. The game engine is a more scaled back and ‘pure’ SHMUP. The only weapons you have are a slightly spread shot and a powerful laser. You do have some indestructable options that will aim their shots at whatever you hit with the laser, but in either firing mode, you’re still doing nil damage unless you’re directly beneath the enemy. Your ‘bombs’ are just big laser shots that erase any bullets they hit plus you can blow many at once for the normal screen clearing business.

Now I just need to acquire a computer that can run this without randomly slowing down when the screen gets crowded. Recording is unfortunately right out.