History VideoGame / SATAZIUS

** Just before the BossRush in Stage 5, you're attacked by mooks that teleport in out of nowhere, just like in ''Gradius''. (As if you couldn't tell already, the developer seems to be a huge ''Gradius'' fan.)

Unlike many other modern {{shmup}}s, ''SATAZIUS'' is a GenreThrowback to horiztonal shooters of the 90's, with emphasis on stages resembling obstacle courses, {{Check Point}}s rather than respawning where you died, massive bosses, reduced bullet counts, and minimalist scoring systems.

''SATAZIUS'' can be purchased digitally via [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/203990/ Steam]]. It is also available on other digital distro outlets, but watch out: Some carriers, such as [=GamersGate=], package the game with [[{{DRM}} SecuROM]]; the Steam version uses the standard Steam API instead.

* ContinuingIsPainful: Losing a life will reduce your weapons' power levels and your ship speed 1-3 times. Dying several times in succession is a good way to end up with a sluggish and underpowered ship. In addition, dying also knocks out any collected stars you have; respawn at a CheckPoint after the first star and your Perfect bonus is LostForever.

* ChargedAttack: Of the "wait" variety. A charge meter builds up over time, faster if you aren't firing any weapons. You have three choices for charged attacks:

'''SATAZIUS''' is a HorizontalScrollingShooter developed by Astro Port and released in Japan in 2011. It was localized and released internationally by Nyu Media within the same year.

* CopyProtection: The version of the game purchasable on [=GamersGate=] has [=SecuROM=]. The Steam version, however, doesn't.

''SATAZIUS'' can be purchased digitally via [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/203990/ Steam]]. It is also available on other digital distro outlets, but watch out: Some carriers, such as [=GamersGate=], package the game with [[{{DRM}} SecuROM]]; the Steam version has no DRM and can even be run without going through Steam first.

** Stage 4 has rotating C-shaped chains of guns with a blue weak point, like in stage 1 of ''VideoGame/{{R-Type}}''.

* GenreThrowback: Was released as a tribute to checkpoint-based {{Horizontal Scrolling Shooter}}s of TheNineties, in spite of the saturation of BulletHell games in the late 2000's and TheNewTens.

* HarderThanHard: Insane difficulty.

Unlike many other modern {{shmup}}s, ''SATAZIUS'' is a GeorgeLucasThrowback to horiztonal shooters of the 90's, with emphasis on stages resembling obstacle courses, {{Check Point}}s rather than respawning where you died, massive bosses, reduced bullet counts, and minimalist scoring systems.

* BossRush: At the end of stage 5. The higher the difficulty, the more bosses you fight.

* ContinuingIsPainful: Losing a life will reduce your weapons' power levels and your ship speed 1-3 times. Dying several times in succession is a good way to end up with a sluggish and underpowred ship. In addition, dying also knocks out any collected stars you have; respawn at a CheckPoint after the first star and your Perfect bonus is LostForever.

* TrueFinalBoss: Not necessarily boss so much as boss form. You fight two of its forms on Easy, three on Normal, and all four on Hard and Insane.

** Two horiztonal waves that slowly spread out.

Unlike many other modern {{shmup}}s, ''SATAZIUS'' is a GeorgeLucasThrowback to horiztonal shooters of the 90's, with emphasis on stages resembling obstacle courses, massive bosses, reduced bullet counts, and minimalist scoring systems.

* TrueFinalBoss: Not necessarily boss so much as boss form. You fight two of its forms on Easy, three on Normal, and all four on Hard and Insane.

'''SATAZIUS''' is a HorizontalScrollingShooter developed by Astro Port and released in 2011. It was localized and released internationally by Nyu Media within the same year.

Unlike other modern {{shmup}}s, ''SATAZIUS'' is a GeorgeLucasThrowback to horiztonal shooters of the 90's, with emphasis on stages resembling obstacle courses, massive bosses, reduced bullet counts, and minimalist scoring systems.

'''SATAZIUS'' is a HorizontalScrollingShooter developed by Astro Port and released in 2011. It was localized and released internationally by Nyu Media within the same year.

Unlike other modern {{shmup}}s, ''SATAZIUS'' is a GeorgeLucasThrowback to horiztonal shooters of the 90's, with more emphasis on stages resembling obstacle courses, massive bosses, reduced bullet counts, and more minimalist scoring systems.