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Cho Ren Sha - Free game!

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I saw this being mentioned in a thread on another forum. It's a shoot'em up called "Cho Ren Sha" and it's available from here. It's a smallish download, that looks and plays great. The music stutters a bit on my machine, but it's not a big problem. Big enemy ships and big explosions make up for it. :D

I have no idea if this is the full version or a demo. I've gotten about halfway through the second level. When a ship drops a powerup, you can choose if you want to upgrade your weapon, your shield, or grab an extra bomb. It feels very old school, but has bullet hell tendencies and on the high score table, the author reveals his influences. :)

BTW, sorry if this has been posted before.
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Nice one! Totally retro vert shoot em up! :D
How much of a bastard is the boss at the end of level 2?? :lol:
The soundtrack is spot on as well (quality shooters and good soundtracks are few and far between - like level 2 Macross on the SNES or the Hellfire soundtrack..not forgetting Thunder Force 4 :wink: )
Some background and sprite variation and this one's deffo got legs.
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Great stuff! Although I got my butt handed back to me in the 2nd stage :lol:

Amazing music and sense of speed. :D
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That's great fun! Although I just had a quick blast. Top! :D
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Jonesey wrote:How much of a bastard is the boss at the end of level 2?? :lol:
Crikey, I didn't stand a chance there. It was just BRRRT! and game over for me. :D
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Haha, guess where I just got to? :lol:

Anyone know if there's more past that, or if it is indded just a demo?
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Level 3's a bitch. And my firing finger's gone numb. 8O :D
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I thought everyone knew about this. It's truly fantastic sadomasochistic chaos in a brilliant retro stylee (just a shame my review for DM#4 got cut in favour of StB...)
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AMC-Campaign wrote:I thought everyone knew about this. It's truly fantastic sadomasochistic chaos in a brilliant retro stylee (just a shame my review for DM#4 got cut in favour of StB...)
I had no idea it even existed. Any other gems you're holding out on? :D
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