![]() ![]() ![]() Opined it was 'an excellent looking game, but by far the toughest horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up available on the Mega Drive'. Reception Reception Review scores Publication Score 9.25/10 8/10 84% Gaiares was very well received. The ship is armed with a powerful experimental weapon from Leezaluth called the TOZ System, which would be operated by Alexis, an emissary from Leezaluth. (Diaz in the Japanese original), a young pilot from Earth was chosen to be the pilot of a new fighter ship to combat the Gulfer. The United Star Cluster of Leezaluth sent a warning to the Earth about their plans, stating that if they could not stop them, they would be forced to Earth's sun to do so themselves but if they succeeded, Leezaluth would use their technology to restore the Earth to its former beauty. The Gulfer, led by the evil Queen ZZ Badnusty, plan to harvest the pollution to create weapons of mass destruction. Plot In the year 3000 Earth has become a toxic dump ravaged by careless humans, leaving an uninhabitable, polluted wasteland. The game is notorious for its high difficulty level. Gaiares makes extensive use of, wave and warping effects across all eight stages, and the bosses are mostly screen-sized, making it one of the 16-bit platform's premiere shooters. Many of the stage designs were heavily influenced by, and, though some deviation is apparent with bosses like Death Ghetto and Mermaid. There are 18 weapons in total to be captured, and the appearance of each weapon varies depending on the strength meter. The TOZ System device can be fired out like the 's Force, except each time it comes in contact with an enemy, it would inherit and learn its weapon the player can steal from the same enemy repeatedly until the weapon's strength is maxed-out. Gaiares design was different, and features one of the most original and unique weapon systems in the shooters genre to date. Gameplay Most horizontal shooters require the player's ship to come in contact with a capsule to gain weapons. ![]()
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