Retrobot presents: Hardcore games

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Think you're hardcore? Then you should have beaten all these

Ikaruga (Dreamcast, GameCube)
Treasure's Dreamcast sequel to the legendary Radiant Silvergun was only released in Japan, althoughwe did get a GameCube version afew yearsago. Its black and white gameplay mechanic is pure hardcore. If your craft is black, you can absorb black bullets and destroy white enemies more easily. Switch to white and the opposite is true.

With the color switch activated at the tap of a button, waves of deathly monochromatic bullets suddenly become havens. Such polarized gameplay demands extreme concentration, but is also extremely rewarding. After a few minutes, though, you'll have to stop and actively remember to blink. It's that intense.

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Justin Towell
Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.