Castle of Shikigami is a dark, supernatural shoot-'em-up classic. Choose one of six characters and utilize their unique abilities to defeat the demons infesting modern-day Tokyo in this vertically scrolling shooting game. Use each character's shot, special Shikigami attack and bomb to conquer each stage and it's boss to ultimately discover who or what is behind "The Castle of Shikigami Incident". Summer, 2005: The summer heat is scorching. Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Force is investigating an occult serial killer and they've had enough. One after another, 32 female victims were found brutally murdered. Could this be the work of the occult? Specialists have been called in to investigate. The case is called "The Castle of Shikigami Incident".
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Grave, plot-driven, classical in form and relentless.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2
- Developer
- Alfa System
- Publisher
- Degica Games, Sourcenext, Cosmo Machia Inc., Taito, Mediaquest
- Released
- December 31, 2001
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 6.8/10 from 2 ratings.
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