THE CAVE OF SHOOTING - 2005

INTRODUCTION

To understand Ibara, you must understand Battle Garegga. Ibara is in many ways the spiritual successor to Battle Garegga. Both games were designed by the legendary Raizing programmer Shinobu Yagawa.

SHIPS
There are two types of ships available, however they are locked to Player 1 (Bond) & Player 2 (Dyne)
Player 1 - Bond	Player 2 - Dyne

Moderatly fast, with narrow shot	Slower with wide shot

BUTTONS
	Tap to fire bursts, keep pressed down for autofire.
	Tap lightly to release small bombs. Hold down and release to launch the Hadou Cannon.

SHIP SUB-TYPES
In true Battle Garegga style the sub-type of your ship can be changed by holding down A, B or A+B while pressing the START button.
Type	Speed	Option	Shot		Bomb
Default	Normal	All fixed	Regular		Regular
A	Slower	All fixed	1P	Linear	Bomb goes straight forward
			2P	Slightly converged to center.	Bomb goes in the opposite direction of the stick direction.
B	Faster	Left/Right fixed	1P	Piercing bullet	Bomb automatically goes toward the enemy (homing)
			2P	Slightly converged to center.	Bomb goes in all directions with ship in center.
A+B	Faster	Rear fixed	1P	Narrow width	Forward throwing type
			2P	Wide 3-Way

SHOT
Your shot may be powered up to level 7. Whenever you collect a shot power up item bullets will be cancelled close to the collection point. The cancelled bullets will turn into roses, any enemies in the vicinity will receive a large amount of damage. This is called an Aura Flash. You can increase your autofire rate by tapping button A as fast as you can. The highest frequency that you achieve will become your autofire rate.
	Small shot power up
	Large shot power up

BOMBS
Like Battle Garegga, you need to collect bomb fragments to replenish your bomb stock. For each 40 small fragments you will have 1 large bomb which can be used to unleash the Hadou Cannon attack by holding and releasing the B button. The Hadou Cannon travels vertically and does heavy damage to any enemies or bosses it connects with, leaving a trail behind it where your ship can remain invulnerable from enemy fire for a short time. Suiciding can be an important part of managing your bomb stock, as you receive 20 small fragments after each death.
	Small bomb, collect 40 of these to obtain a Hadou Cannon.
	Large bomb, Collect one to obtain a Hadou Cannon

OPTIONS
Ibara allows you to place the options in three different positions on your ship: left, right and rear. By touching the extremity of your ship with the collected option it will attach or replace your current option. Collecting options that aren't already equipped causes an Aura Flash. Options may be locked in place by holding down button A. You can use the START button to reset the positions of the options to the default.
	5 way shot.
	Burner, releases a long trail of flames.
	Gatling, powerful machine gun.
	Homing missile.
	Machine gun.
	Napalm, releases a short but powerful burst of flame.
	Rocket, piercing

MEDALS

As in Battle Garegga the key to high scores is chaining medals. Make sure you catch the last medal of each wave on the screen to keep the chain. In order to get a medal increase the screen must be empty of all medals.


100	200	300	400	500	600	700	800	900	1000

2000	3000	4000	5000	6000	7000	8000	9000	10000

RANK

You gain an extra life for each 1 million points scored. However the game is a bit counter-intuitive as extra lives cause the rank to rise very quickly. So one of the best ways to keep rank at a more manageable level would be to suicide any extra ships you may not need. Expert players will be on their last life for most of the game.

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