GameSpot: TGS '07: Ikaruga Hands-On and First Screens

One of the many titles available to try at Microsoft's booth on the Tokyo Game Show floor is Ikaruga, the old school flavored shooter from Treasure recently announced for Xbox Live Arcade. The game was released in arcades on Sega's NAOMI arcade hardware in 2001 and then brought to home consoles in Japan in 2002 on the Dreamcast. A GameCube version was released in the Japan, the US, and Europe 2003 giving players around the world a chance to revel in the polished shooter. The demo on display in Microsoft's booth offered a short sample of what to expect from the XBLA version but what was there has GameSpot pleased by how it's coming together and anxious for the final game.