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DemonStar (1997)

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Time for another filler game with a classic shmup released by Mountain King Studios.

Demonstar is a shmup released back in New Year's Eve of 1997, serving as a spin-off of Raptor: Call of the Shadows.

Instead of having using score as your cash for purchasing weapons and upgrades from it's predecessor, this one plays more like a traditional vertical shmup, much like a similar Raiden clone.

There are four types of powerups, and picking up a different color resets it's power level which can be a huge hurdle when fighting bigger enemies and bosses. You also have three types of bombs, side shot powerups, and the temporary missiles. Picking up the same powerup color at max power lets you unleash a cluster of projectiles on various enemies, and can be situational in some places of the stages.

Insane difficulty is the hardest difficulty available in the game. Many enemies and bosses, including smaller ones, take a little more damage and additional enemies appear alongside the powerup carriers. Other than that, the game is not so hard at all, especially when you get a lot of extra lives every 100k.

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