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Karous

Karous was the final commercial release for the Sega Dreamcast, in 2007. It has received an updated port with new assets for modern consoles.

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Japan

Single player

Shooter

MileStone Inc. was a Japanese video game developer. The team was composed mostly of ex-Compile developers who left to form their own company. They were best known for shoot 'em up games developed for the Dreamcast and its arcade counterpart, the Sega NAOMI.

MileStone Inc.

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Sega

shoot 'em up

shmup

vertical scrolling

Japanese

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Subtitles

Dreamcast

Arcade

Bird view / Isometric

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In this unique vertically-scrolling shooter you take the role of a mysterious girl named Karous, who commands a tiny fighter ship and attempts to destroy an evil armada bent on world domination.

The game plays as your average vertical-scrolling shooter, in which you must clear several stages by destroying all incoming enemies and surviving their onslaught. A unique addition to Karous, is that you don't collect weapons by power-ups, but instead upgrade each of your basic weapons (gun, sword and shield) depending on their use thanks to a basic experience module, with increased power and features at later levels (multiple shots, bullet reflection, etc.)

The game uses cel-shaded polygonal graphics with a distinct black and white look.

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