Armed Police Batrider, from Raizing together with 8ing, pushed the vertical shoot 'em up to an extreme of customization: several combinable pilots and ships generate dozens of different firing configurations, each with its own risk-and-power balance. It's a direct heir of the dynamic rank system the studio had debuted in Battle Garegga.
For followers of the turn-of-the-century Japanese shoot 'em up it's a cult piece, demanding and generous with options; for the rest of the audience it remained one of those titles only specialized arcades kept running.
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