History VideoGame / EspRaDe

* UpdatedReRelease: ''ESP:Ra.De. Psi'', a remastered version of the same game by M2. Added a VersionExclusiveContent in a form of VirtualPaperDoll and AnInteriorDesignerIsYou called “Irori’s Room” （いろりの部屋）, where players can customize rooms and costumes for Irori, Yuusuke and JB, which they can get more furniture items by accomplishing certain missions to get in-game currency to buy them.

In 2019, 21 years after the game's arcade release, it finally got a port, ''ESP Ra.De Ψ''[[note]]"Psi"[[/note]], released as part of the ''M2 [=ShotTriggers=]'' series of ports on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. It adds a variety of new features, such as a remastered "Arcade Plus" mode, multiple practice modes, and an arranged soundtrack.

* UpdatedReRelease: ''ESP:Ra.De. Psi'', a remastered version of the same game by M2. Added a VersionExclusiveContent in a form of VirtualPaperDoll and AnInteriorDesignerIsYou called “Irori’s Room” （いろりの部屋）, where players can customize rooms and costumes for Irori, Yuusuke and JB, which they can get more furniture items by accomplishing certain missions to get in-game currency to buy them. The Arcade Plus mode is mostly the same as the base game (Arcade mode), but with the addition of updated and [[AdaptationExpansion expanded]] dialogue.

* UpdatedReRelease: ''ESP:Ra.De. Psi'', a remastered version of the same game by M2. Added a VersionExclusiveContent in a form of VirtualPaperDoll and AnInteriorDesignerIsYou called “Irori’s Room” （いろりの部屋）, where players can customize rooms and costumes for Irori, Yuusuke and JB, which they can get more furniture items by accomplishing certain missions to get in-game currency to buy them.

-> "The power of ESP: one who has the power is destined for tragedy. What are we fighting for? We cannot even find the answer, but we keep on running... because of this ability we have."

--> "The power of ESP: one who has the power is destined for tragedy. What are we fighting for? We cannot even find the answer, but we keep on running... because of this ability we have."

* HairDecorations: The Alice clones were a single large pink bow in their hair.

* HumongousMecha: The boss of stage 4.

* SpiderTank: The mid-boss of the high school stage is the biggest one, and there are a number of smaller ones as well.

* TankGoodness: The boss of the shopping mall stage is the biggest one, and there are many smaller tanks that can also be seen in various places.

* UpdatedReRelease: ''ESP:Ra.De. Psi'', a remastered version of the same game by M2. Added a VersionExclusiveContent in a form of VirtualPaperDoll called “Irori’s Room” （いろりの部屋）, where players can customize rooms and costumes for Irori, Yuusuke and JB, which they can get more furniture items by accomplishing certain missions to get in-game currency to buy them.

* UpdatedReRelease: ''ESP:Ra.De. Psi'', a remastered version of the same game by M2. Added a VersionExclusiveContent called “Irori’s Room” （いろりの部屋）, where players can customize rooms and costumes for Irori, Yuusuke and JB, which they can get more furniture items by accomplishing certain missions to get in-game currency to buy them.

* UpdatedReRelease: ESP:Ra.De. Psi, a remastered version of the same game by M2. Added a VersionExclusiveContent called “Irori’s Room” （いろりの部屋）, where players can customize rooms and costumes for Irori, Yuusuke and JB, which they can get more furniture items by accomplishing certain missions to get in-game currency to buy them.

''ESP Ra.De'' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp by Creator/{{CAVE}} with artwork by "Joker" Creator/JunyaInoue. Ms. Gaara, a powerful psychic woman who leads the organization known as Yaksa, is using her resources to take over the world. This ends up drawing attention from the three psychic heroes, each of whom has their own reason for opposing her:

* AliceAllusion -- The Alice Clones. One piece of artwork has the line of text, "Alice in Fear land."
* AllThereInTheManual -- Has a surprisingly deep backstory and characterizations, for an arcade shooter. You can catch some glimpses of it from the newspaper clippings that fly by.
* AntiHero -- J-B 5th introduces himself by crashing a press conference, stomping a table, killing an important person, and wrecking a shopping mall.
* BareYourMidriff -- J-B 5th

* BittersweetEnding -- [[spoiler: J-B 5th's ending shows that he will never be free of the police trying to capture him, and thus he will have to blow them up for the rest of his life. In Yusuke's ending, he's gotten his revenge, but his friend is still dead.]]

* BlackEyesOfEvil -- The Alice Clones. On the other hand, considering what the original Alice [[EyeScream did to herself]], it may be that they don't even ''have'' eyes, and those black blanks are just ''empty cauterized sockets''.
* ChargeAttack -- The guard barrier can be charged for great effect.
* CreepyChild -- The Alice Clones. They have blank black eyes and appear to do nothing but eat, wear dresses, and shoot at the player characters with their PsychicPowers. They make truly horrifying noises when killed.
* TheDragon -- Satoru Oumi, who also has dragon wings and wears armor meant to look like a dragon.
* DrivenToSuicide -- [[http://www.cave.co.jp/gameonline/esprade/gallery/gall04.html The original Alice]], some time before Yaksa ends up on the loose.
* DudeLooksLikeALady -- J-B 5th, complete with eyeliner.
* EyeScream -- The original Alice, implied to be another product of the same project that made J-B an esper, apparently did this ''to herself'' before Gaara took her in.
* HalfHumanHybrid -- The Alice clones are hybrid mice. They squeak when they die, and it is ''[[NightmareFuel not cute at all]]''.
* HighPressureBlood -- All psychic enemies let out a lot of blood when killed, especially Satoru Oumi and Ms. Gaara.
* HumongousMecha -- The boss of stage 4
* LaserGuidedAmnesia -- J-B 5th was brainwashed and had memories erased so that he would be a cold efficient killing machine.
* MagicalGirl -- Irori Mimasaka, complete with upbeat theme song.
* MeaningfulName -- "Yaksa" are quasi-demonic entities from Hindu lore (not as bad as rakshasi, but still not fun to be around when they're mad), better known in Japan as [[Manga/InuYasha yasha]]. Gaara convened this lot to take vengeance on the world that would not judge the espers who killed her husband.
* MonumentalDamage -- No real monuments are involved, but Ms. Gaara does pull up the head of a gigantic Artemis statue that fills up most of the screen. To use as a ''warm-up'' weapon while she relaxes.
* PeterPan -- One of JB-5th's codenames is the "Black Peter Pan"
* PsychicPowers -- Both the player characters and the enemies.
* ReplicantSnatching -- Ms. Gaara's plan is to replace everyone with Alice Clones.
* SlouchOfVillainy -- Ms. Gaara spends most of her time casually lounging while watching the heroes battle her minions and weapons.
* SpiderTank -- The mid-boss of the high school stage is the biggest one, and there are a number of smaller ones as well.
* StoryBreadcrumbs -- The newspaper headlines that flash by between levels.
* TakeOverTheWorld -- Ms. Garra's goal.
* TankGoodness -- The boss of the shopping mall stage is the biggest one, and there are many smaller tanks that can also be seen in various places.
* WickedCultured -- Ms. Gaara is very well-dressed and has a nice mansion.
* YoungerThanTheyLook -- '''''Gaara'''''. She's not in her 60s, but her ''early 40s''. This is because she's been ''horribly'' overexerting her body with [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique far more constant psionic activity than can hope to be good]].

* MeaningfulName -- "Yaksa" are quasi-demonic entities from Hindu lore (not as bad as rakshasi, but still not fun to be around when they're mad), better known in Japan as [[InuYasha yasha]]. Gaara convened this lot to take vengeance on the world that would not judge the espers who killed her husband.

* NoExportForYou -- Has never been released outside Japan or ported to a console, due to tangled rights issues between Atlus and Cave.

* {{Yakuza}} -- Except in this game they're now a shadowy organization named the "Yaksa" and are led by a fashionable elderly woman with great PsychicPowers.
** Actually, that's a false cognate. "Yaksa" are quasi-demonic entities from Hindu lore (not as bad as rakshasi, but still not fun to be around when they're mad), better known in Japan as [[InuYasha yasha]]. Gaara convened this lot to take vengeance on the world that would not judge the espers who killed her husband.

* AllThereInTheManual -- Has a surprisingly deep backstory and characterizations, for an arcade shooter. You can catch some glimpses of the it from the newspaper clippings that fly by.

''ESP Ra.De'' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp by {{Cave}} with artwork by "Joker" Creator/JunyaInoue. Ms. Gaara, a powerful psychic woman who leads the organization known as Yaksa, is using her resources to take over the world. This ends up drawing attention from the three psychic heroes, each of whom has their own reason for opposing her:

One gameplay mechanic, the theme of superpowered people flying around and blasting stuff with PsychicPowers, and the Alice Clones were carried over to the ''{{Espgaluda}}'' series.

''ESP Ra.De'' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp by {{Cave}} with artwork by "Joker" JunyaInoue. Ms. Gaara, a powerful psychic woman who leads the organization known as Yaksa, is using her resources to take over the world. This ends up drawing attention from the three psychic heroes, each of whom has their own reason for opposing her:

* BlackEyesOfEvil -- The Alice Clones. On the other hand, considering what the original Alice [[EyeScream did to herself]], it may be that they don't even ''have'' eyes, and those black blanks are just ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel empty cauterized sockets]]''.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome -- Best sound track in a Cave game ever, and a contender for the best arcade game music of all time.