Odds and Ends
Gamest Video
The only Raizing
game to have a video made of it is this Garegga
video. It was released by Shineisha. It not only
contains footage of a stunning bullet-dodging superplay
sure to shock even STG maniacs, but it also contains a bonus CD that with music
from Raizing’s previous STGs. For a STG video it sold
surprisingly well (I think). It seems many people bought the video because they
wanted the CD alone. Nowadays, if you buy the Sega Saturn version of Soukyuugurentai, you can hear the CD soundtracks of Mahou Daisakusen, Shippu Mahou Daisakusen,
and Battle Garegga there. The Garegga
superplay is not included though.
Health
Just before the master app
was due, one half of our graphics team, T-DA, was suddenly hospitalized! The
company health inspection showed he had hepatitis, and it appears his
hospitalization was some kind of terrible experience
So, how was hospital life?
「I
was never alone so I couldn’t do ____. That sucked.
That reminds me, thanks for slipping that porno mag in for me!」
…We’d expect no less from the ero-master himself.
「No,
I’m no master. Hey, could I borrow one of your videos？」
…Sure. Shall I get the female teacher ones…
（A
lengthy discussion on AV stars is omitted）
…It
really was terrible…
Dream・on・Dream
The
rotatable gun turrent installed on the stage 1 boss
was called “Dream Cannon” during development. The full explanation behind the
name is thus: 「Whoa, even though there’s no rotation
mechanism on that cannon it can smoothly rotate all around! Its like a dream! It’s the Dream Cannon!” And Gamest
called it the Dream Cannon too (probably because it was written in our notes
that way). It was embarrassing at the time, but it’s a fond memory now.
Sound Man Santaruru
Garegga was also renowned for its music. Here
we had a little chat with the man responsible for weaving those fantastic
tunes, Santaruru.
Is there anything specific you want people to listen for in Garegga’s
music?
「The
propeller feel」
Propeller...?
「Yeah,
propeller. They go burururu—n.」
…Anything else?
「In
the stage 2 boss music I emphasized the feeling of a drill」
…Drill？
「If
you look at the design notes Mad Ball has a drill underneath him, right? I mean
that.」
…Thank you.
As he says, the music of Garegga is all about the drills and propellers!
[[Congratulations on your 1 Year
Anniversary!
From the Raizing Planning and
Development Group.]]
「The
developer’s sketch of the Stage 2 boss, posted at the Akihabara TRY Amusement
Tower.」
