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2000 · Takumi Corporation · Bullet hell · Shooter

Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting

Sega console exclusive

A prediction is that before human civilization, there was once an advanced civilization on Mars. A sorceress destroyed the civilization and everything that was remembered of it, except a chip called "INFINITY". In 2100, millions of people were starving due to massive food shortages and has caused civil wars around the world. Centuries later, however, the world government had sent colonists to Mars which began to solve these problems.

Released
9 November 2000
Platforms
ArcadeDreamcast
Genres
Bullet hellShooter
Developers
Takumi Corporation
Publishers
Capcom
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB E

About

Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting, or simply Mars Matrix (マーズマトリックス, Māzu Matorikkusu), is a 2000 vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Takumi, published by Capcom, and run on their CPS-2 arcade system board. Mars Matrix was later ported to the Dreamcast video game console in 2001. The arcade version uses a horizontally aligned monitor, despite being a vertically scrolling game.

Keywords

  • shoot 'em up
  • bullet hell
  • high score
  • boss fight
  • leveling up
  • vertical scrolling

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game only uses one button, as the triggered actions differ according to the timing with which the button is pressed:

Normal Shot: Tap A button. Shot power increases with level (max 8), which depends on EXP points.

Story

In 2100, millions of people were starving due to massive food shortages and has caused civil wars around the world. Centuries later, however, the world government had sent colonists to Mars which began to solve these problems. At a nearby farm, the Infinity chip was discovered and it revealed all the technology of the advanced civilization. In 2309, a Declaration of Independence has been sent to Earth.

Large armies have been amassed on Mars, and a gigantic armada was waiting for any attack from Earth. The Earth government sends out a fleet of battleships followed by a special air raid unit called ACID; ACID is equipped with a new fighter ship known as the Mosquito. Their mission is to enter Mars, stop the rebel violence, locate and destroy the rebel leader, whoever... or whatever it may be...

Reception

The Dreamcast version received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 31 out of 40.

Also in Japan, Game Machine listed the arcade version in their July 15, 2000 issue as the seventh most-successful arcade game of the year.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade1 April 2000Japan
Dreamcast3 March 2001Worldwide

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