Ikaruga is awesome

[Shinova]

I'm too lazy so I'm gonna quote someone else's post instead:

http://www.fnord.net/~zakk/Ikaruga_DP_N ... 49k_WH.wmv
http://www.frkz.us/shmup/Ikaruga_DP_NOR ... 49k_WH.wmv
(Thank you 4chan /v/ for the video. Looks old, but I've never seen it.)

Review of the game by Maddox: http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ikaruga

For people who don't know what Ikaruga is and are too lazy to click: Ikaruga is a side (vertical?) scrolling shooter where you take control of an aircraft. "The game's design is ingenious: the entire game can be played by alternating between black and white phases. It's impossible to complete the game without switching back and forth between colors. Clever design or subtle social commentary? The concept is deceivingly simple: when your ship is black you can absorb black shots and your attack becomes more powerful against white enemies, and vice versa." I should mention that the difficulty of this game is ridiculous, but I haven't played DMC3 yet.

The video has a guy playing through the third level (the farthest I've ever gotten to was the second level because I suck at video games), but that isn't all. He plays both fucking sides with one hand. His final grade: S++.

God damn I suck at this game.

[Darth Yoshi]

That game is fucking hard! But oh so fun. My friend has it, and I've been meaning to get it for a while now.

Holy shit. S++? I got C++ or D.