Side-scrolling 2D shoot-em-up with Anime graphics in which the player has a choice between a male or female character to take on a massive shooting spree.
Two treasure hunters, Axel and Ruka, set out to find the Valkiry Stone, but the evil gang known as the Pumpkin Heads wants to find the stone first. As either Axel or Ruka, blast your way through six side-scrolling levels against hordes of enemies, facing off against several bosses in each level. You can select from four different weapon effects (normal, bouncing, homing and flamethrower), use smartbombs and a grappling hook.
A hit in Japan under the name Gunner's Heaven, Rapid Reload was one of the first Playstation titles released in Europe.
The journey weaves through a wide variety of terrain, including cityscapes and jungles populated by hundreds of drones and sentient beings out to kill. The sprites are big and bold, the action fast and furious and the weapons and power-ups absolutely top. and as for the Area Bosses . . . Classic stuff.
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