Massive news article from Lik Sang:

“We’ve featured news items on hundreds of different games over the years, but one a month ago on a new Dreamcast shooter, Trizeal, was something quite different. The passion which poured out across the website of the developer, Triangle Service, seemed to cut through the foundations of the corporate gaming industry today and go back to a pure love of developing games, and playing games. Their “SOS” message was quite honestly the most unprofessional thing we’ve ever seen on an official website, but also the most touching one. Since then the title climbed our pre-order charts, surpassed modern day console releases, reached the number two spot, and now, is in stock and shipping.

Getting back to their “SOS message”, which was surprising and somewhat insane (save us from the Spanish bulls??), the developers explained the trouble they were in, and it can be read in both Japanese and English. Releasing their first shooter, XII Stag, they ran out of money and were faced with a tough choice. The founder and several other like-minded “samurais” decided to go into debt to ensure their game was finished and “came into the world”. This group however, make no attempts to hide the fact both XII Stag and their latest title, Trizeal have developed poor revenue streams in arcades, and one can only assume pre-orders for the DC release weren’t exactly rolling in at that time either. In fact at one point their website was suspended, with a message from the hosting company asking them to contact the billing department.

Now long gone are the days of arcades filled with shoot ’em ups, as are the days when a few guys could get together to create a game they wanted to, have it published, and see it on the store shelves. This was the videogaming industry style of the 80’s and early 90’s, not the multi billion dollar mass market ways of today. Triangle Service however seem to be the opposite, as the creator is on his hands and knees literally begging for people to buy his game.

Trizeal has now arrived to stock, and while preorders are getting cleared, new purchases from Dreamcast resistants are welcome. Trizeal is a vertical scrolling 2D shmup, following the stepstones of Ikaruga, Chaos Field and other recent shooting efforts for the supposedyly dead Dreamcast.”

Heres a couple of screenshots:

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