{"id":71,"date":"2022-03-23T09:19:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T09:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=71"},"modified":"2024-06-19T22:13:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:13:37","slug":"ikaruga-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/ikaruga-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikaruga on Steam!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f2983d32b0e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ikaruga-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ikaruga-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ikaruga-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ikaruga-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ikaruga.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I played Ikaruga in the game centers when it first came out.  I was living in Himeji at the time, and I was excited to find this at the game center near Himeji Station. Being the spirtual successor to Radiant Silvergun, I was pretty hyped and greatly anticpated its release. I bought it on the Dreamcast when it was first released, too. Since it was under 1,000 yen on Steam, I bought it again. It&#8217;s weird seeing it in English. The game&#8217;s text can be switched to Japanese though. I appreciate how this game supports 4:3 aspect ratio monitors like my own. 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I bought it on the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/ikaruga-on-steam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ikaruga on Steam!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10,11,8,9],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-games","tag-gaming","tag-ikaruga","tag-shmups","tag-steam"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":210,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/06\/15\/super-hydorah-a-fun-konami-style-shmup-on-steam\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":0},"title":"Super Hydorah: a fun Konami-style shmup on Steam","date":"2022-06-15","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had this game on my Steam wishlist for a while, and as soon as it went on sale this month, I bought it. 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