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Bangai-O
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Conspiracy Entertainment
Developer: Treasure
Genre(s): Action
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: March 7, 2001
Summary
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What The Critics Said
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Core Magazine
Bangai-O takes established, classic gameplay elements and combines them with its own innovations, with the end result being one of the most enjoyable games in recent memory.
Read Full Review >IGN
40+ friggin levels! 40 LEVELS! And there's something really addicting when you combine frenzied shooting and fruit collecting together.
Read Full Review >AllDreamcast
Games like this, where the graphics take a back seat to the gameplay, are few and far between these days, but Treasure, much like Sega, knows that gameplay is everything.
Hot Games
Not a game for everyone, but fans of 2D shooters and developer Treasure will definitely want to pick up a copy of Bangai-O.
Read Full Review >Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
I've been playing Bangai-O for a week now, and I still don't know what the hell is going on half the time...Look, you'll either love or hate Bangai-O, and either way, it's extremely unlikely you'll ever understand it.
Read Full Review >Daily Radar
While the game's nothing less than explosive, it's quite quirky, too -- strange characters, stranger situations and an unusual emphasis on fruit make this... well, the fruitiest shooter we've seen in some time.
netjak
While trumped by Treasure's Ikaruga in popularity, Bangai-O remains one of the most innovative and genre-defiant experiences on the Dreamcast. It is a near-impeccable amalgam of concepts favored by some of gaming history's landmark titles, refined and reintroduced to the tune of a suitably bizarre story.
Read Full Review >GamerWeb Sega
One of the most addictive 2D games I have ever had the pleasure of playing.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
In an age of thick productions and thin gameplay, Bangai-O really has it where it counts: in truly compelling and addictive gameplay.
Read Full Review >Planet Dreamcast
For somebody who doesn't play many shooters and is not "hardcore," I had a blast with Bangai-O... It does what it sets out to do very well.
Read Full Review >Gamestyle
We're hoping that by reading Gamestyle you're at least a little more interested in how good the actual game is rather than purely the aesthetics. Rest assured, then, that Bangai-O is brilliant.
Read Full Review >DC Swirl
100% shooting substance over visual style (although it looks damn pretty on its own 2D merits).
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Fighter17 gave it a 9:
Great game, a lot of slow-downs. But I really don't care.
Andy P. gave it a 10:
This is the greatest Dreamcast game - unbelievable shooting action - I would never have thought 2D on next gen consoles would be so appealing.
Jamie B. gave it a 10:
Treasure has done it again. This is the antidote to overhyped big budget games, simply put, it's gameplay over graphics (although they are fine) - and in response to the bad translation charge by Josh B, read the plot, it gets quite disturbing as the game reaches it's finale.
Josh B. gave it a 6:
Bangai-0 could have been one of the best. Instead it's only slightly above average. The horrible English translation makes the story utterly confusing and pointless. The game IS a lot of fun, for the first 10 levels or so. It quickly becomes repetitive with over 40 levels and the game begins to feel a lot like "Rampage World Tour."
Cloud B. gave it a 9:
This game kicks...who needs graphics when the game is fun?
Dan H. gave it a 10:
Bangai-O is one of the greatest games to come out this year purely because of the fact that it is unique compared to the load of pretty-but-shallow games that are released in such large quantities these days. I highly recommend picking this up, as there probably won't be another game quite like Bangai-O for a long time (if ever, as Treasure has decided to jump over to the 3d bandwagon with their latest game, "Stretch Panic").
Peter H. gave it a 10:
Hey, its about time us old skool gamers got something good, that lousy third dimension screwed up so many games, people are getting way too obsessed with graphics and storyline, what really matters here is the explosive gameplay and the addiction that follows. Ive been playing it for a while now and right now me and my friends are seeing who can get the high score! ahhh, it brings back memories.
