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Review for Cannon Spike on Dreamcast.
Taken from Dreamcast Magazine 31 - January 2001 (UK)

While Cannon Spike is one of the lesser Psikyo games for me personally, I still feel that this score is way too harsh.
I'd give it an easy 70% at the very least.

This magazine can be found here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/dreamcastmagazine.html

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Review for Cannon Spike on Dreamcast. Taken from Dreamcast Magazine 31 - January 2001 (UK)  score: 54%
Review for Cannon Spike on Dreamcast. Taken from Dreamcast Magazine 31 - January 2001 (UK)  score: 54%
Review for Cannon Spike on Dreamcast. Taken from Dreamcast Magazine 31 - January 2001 (UK)  score: 54%

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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I saw Cannon Spike on RetroAchievements listing, and I must admit, I'm super curious about this one. It's definitely on my list to play!

So I will be checking out this review to get an idea what I might be in for! ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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It's a strange one for sure.
It eluded me for the longest time, but I finally picked up a Japanese copy in 2019. Wasn't cheap...

It plays a little like Zero Gunner 2 with the twisting and turning, but doesn't reach that games heights sadly.

It's incredibly hard, which give it a really rough first impression.
But it has a very unique charm of its own if you can get past that.

Really glad I was able to pick up a copy as I love Psikyo, despite a few big misses they had.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I always get Cannon Spike and Charge 'n' Blast mixed up for some reason.

Still remember buying Tomb Raider at CeX and finding Charge 'n' Blast in the back side of the case, as far as on rails shooters went, it was pretty rad.

I'm yet to get Cannon Spike, but it's one I want to get one day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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It still blows my mind that Charge 'n' Blast actually got a western release.

I never came across it in stores.
But then again, the Dreamcast didn't have much of a store presence here after the first year.
So I bought nearly all my games as the import shop that I traveled to each month by train, which worked with a regular show around the corner.

Found out about it through a friend who burned games and barely played them.
Tried it out and then imported a Japanese copy. ๐Ÿ˜Š