Seraph Zero

Neo Geo · vertical shoot 'em up

A vertical (TATE) shoot 'em up for the Neo Geo with original pixel art and an orchestral, choral soundtrack. Seven stages to blast through, each with two areas, its own enemies, music, sub-boss and boss. Play alone, with a friend, or with a CPU wingman.

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The pilots

Six pilots, each with their own ship, voice and story. Their bonds grow as they fly together and unlock new radio talks.

**Ryo** · Valkyrie
agile attack helicopter

**Megumi** · Aegis
heavy armoured gunship

**Mr. Toshi** · Phantom
fastest stealth wing

Stages

Seven stages, each with two areas, a sub-boss halfway and a boss at the end. Every stage has a mechanic of its own, such as blast doors, rescue pods, sandstorms, solar flares or laser grids. Master it and a secret passage opens.

Stage 1: the armoured hull of the megastructure — 1 · Megastructure → Hull surface

Stage 2: ocean with islands and a sea platform — 2 · Vast Ocean → Overflown Bay

Stage 3: jungle river — 3 · Deep Jungle → Temple city

Stage 4: desert dunes with a giant skeleton — 4 · Endless Desert → Canyon

Stage 5: the planet seen from orbit — 5 · Orbit → Space station

Stage 6: lava fields — 6 · Lava fields → Caldera

Stage 7: machine fortress — 7 · Machine fortress → Reactor core

Weapons

Shoot down a weapon carrier and catch its capsule. The letters on the capsule cycle while it floats, and you get the weapon shown when you touch it.

	Wide shot: up to 5-way with side shots
	Laser: a piercing beam that bends after the ship
	Homing missiles
	Neon lasers: homing lasers with trails
	Gravity drive: a black hole that swallows enemy bullets
	Tesla chain: lightning that jumps between targets

	Power-up: raises your weapon one level. There are six levels, and the last one is OVERDRIVE!
	Bomb: one more smart bomb in stock

Gallery

The game has a gallery of 38 pictures of the pilots off duty. Every 15 minutes of play earns an unlock, and you choose which picture to reveal. Each one can be viewed full screen and zoomed in at double resolution.

Achievements

More than 20 achievements to earn, from growing a bond between two pilots to finishing the game on one credit (1CC), with every pilot, or with two players. Others ask you to escape the reactor unharmed or find all seven secret levels. They are saved, and the game shows each one the moment you earn it.

Lots of quality-of-life features

Saving: high scores, settings, play time, the gallery and achievements are saved, on MVS in the backup RAM and on AES on the memory card.
CPU wingman at three skill levels (Rookie, Veteran, Ace) when you play alone; a second player can take over at any time with START.
Pause menu: autopilot, a sound mixer (music, voices, radio chatter, effects), radio talk full / short / off, a radio log to replay the last lines, and quit game.
Any monitor: rotate the picture clockwise or counter-clockwise, or turn the controls for a horizontal screen.
Options: difficulty, lives, auto bomb, a choice of boot logos, music and sound test.
High score table with name entry, the pilot's face and the stage reached.
Bonds page to replay every radio talk you've unlocked, and nerdy stats about the cartridge and your games.
A hidden cheats menu for stage select, infinite lives and more (high scores are not recorded with cheats on).

How to play

Play the game on AES/MVS, MiSTer, or MAME.
Free play, no credits needed. A fires (hold for autofire), B throws a bomb, Select opens the pause menu, D on the title screen opens the options.
The picture is rotated for a vertical monitor; C on the title screen switches between clockwise and counter-clockwise.