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Game #4683
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Kurukuru UFO    View all Top Dogs in this genre
Action   Vertical shooter

Rating: 8.12 (16 votes)

Kurukuru UFO box cover

Kurukuru UFO screenshot
Another fun action freeware underdog from Japan, Kurukuru UFO lets you pilot a flying saucer around the arena. In contrast to a typical shooter, you cannot control the firing direction of your saucer: in this game, your 'gun turrets' are stars (usually one or two) that rotate around the ship. These stars indicate your firing direction, so you must carefully press the fire button precisely when the stars line up with the targets. To make things more difficult, your flying saucer takes damage when it touches any of the four edges of the screen, so you must control the movement carefully – inertia plays a role here similar to Finnish cavefliers.

There are several game modes in Kurukuru UFO: Battle, Time Attack, VS, and a secret "Extra" mode you can only unlock after getting enough high a score. The Battle mode is a duel in which your goal is to destroy the opposing flying saucer in each stage before it kills you. In Time Attack, you must destroy all the targets on the screen as quickly as possible. While I find this mode the most fun, it is also frustrating because the time limit given is sometimes far too difficult to meet. VS mode is similar to Battle, except against a human opponent.

With crisp anime-style graphics, fluid animations, and fun gameplay that introduces some new features into the genre, Kurukuru UFO is another addictive shooter from Japan that fans of innovative shooters should definitely take a look. Highly recommended.

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Monolith
Developer: Freeware
Publisher: Freeware
Year: 2003
Software Copyright: Monolith
Theme: Anime
Multiplayer:  
None that we know of
System Requirements: Windows XP
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If you like this game, try: SmashSet, A7xpg, Quadnet

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