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One of the coolest airplane shooters yet. This game lets you pick from four different airplanes, each with an individual weaponary. You can collect items to increase the fire power of your weapons and to receive up to six wingmen. The capitalist nation of Randa has long had a history of excell...

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Developer
8ing

Released on
1999

Size
1–2 Players

Version
Arcade

Requirements
Arcade

Downloads
Shooter

Publisher
Able

ESRB Rating
Not Rated

Cooperative
Yes

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One of the coolest airplane shooters yet. This game lets you pick from four different airplanes, each with an individual weaponary. You can collect items to increase the fire power of your weapons and to receive up to six wingmen.

The capitalist nation of Randa has long had a history of excellence in the creation of aircraft, attracting the best of engineers in aerodynamics, artillery, and structuring from the world over. Once, even this interest had waned, until the creation of the air show Bakraid, in which the capabilities of the fighters could be demonstrated outside of simulations for all to see. Around the time of the seventh Bakraid, a nearby nation, Deneb, had attained an expansionist attitude, forcibly subjugating and annexing several of its neighbors with the assistance of the Shtarterra Security Council. Recently, Deneb has asked to participate in Bakraid. Randa’s defense council, perfectly aware that this is just a pretext for Deneb to get its and the SSC’s engines of war into Randan borders and more easily prosecute their war from there, give their blessing. However, the council secretly contacts the other Bakraid participants, offering even more prize money than normal if they will perform in a special version of Bakraid–genuine war conditions. In other words, use their own top-of-the-line planes to shatter Deneb’s schemes. In all, nine pilots accept this plan, and begin Bakraid two weeks early to catch Deneb unaware…

Battle Bakraid: Unlimited Version

Overview & History

Released in 1999 by Raizing (Eighting), Battle Bakraid: Unlimited Version stands as a high-water mark for late-90s vertical manic shooters. While sharing a genetic lineage with the revered Batsugun and Mahou Daisakusen, this arcade masterpiece introduced unprecedented player freedom. The 'Unlimited Version' specifically unlocked the full roster and cranked the bullet-hell intensity to an eleven, tasking players with defending a retro-futuristic steampunk world from an invading mechanized armada. Unlike its locked-down predecessor, this iteration let arcade operators and players tinker with expansive configuration dips, redefining how score-chasing and survival blended in the twilight era of 2D arcade hardware.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

At its core, Battle Bakraid is defined by its revolutionary ship-building system. Before launching into the fray, players do not just pick a pilot; they construct their fighter by assigning weapon pods, speed tiers, and bomb types, mixing and matching attributes from various fictional test pilots like Gain, Chili, or Eisen. Scoring relies heavily on destroying colored crystal carriers in specific sequences to trigger massive point chains, while holding down the fire button initiates a screen-clearing charged laser attack tied to a depleting gauge. The screen quickly blooms into a mesmerizing tapestry of dense bullet patterns, demanding pinpoint micro-dodging through razor-thin hitbox thresholds.