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Producer(s)
  
Tatsuya Minami

Designer
  
Yoshiki Okamoto

Developers
  
Capcom, Psikyo

8.8/10
IGN

Director(s)
  
Shinsuke Nakamura

Initial release date
  
14 November 2000

Platforms
  
Dreamcast, Arcade game

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Programmer(s)
  
Kenichi Fujita Kunihiko Nogomi Michiaki Negoro Katsuya Shikanouchi Kokichi Ogi

Composer(s)
  
Masaki Izutani Toshiya Kobayashi Kaori Kumakura Kensuke Sato

Release date(s)
  
Arcade 2000 Dreamcast NA: November 14, 2000 JP: December 21, 2000 EU: May 3, 2002

Genre(s)
  
Multi-directional shooter

Publishers
  
Capcom, Sega, Bigben Interactive

Similar
  
Psikyo games, Shoot 'em up games

Cannon Spike, known as ガンスパイク (Gunspike) in Japanese arcades, is a multi-directional shooter arcade game released in 2000 by Psikyo and later in the same year for the Dreamcast by Capcom. It uses Capcom-designed characters and runs on Sega's Naomi Hardware. Cannon Spike is similar to games like Smash TV and Capcom's Commando, although with primary focus on boss fighting. Cannon Spike is noted as one of the last games released for Dreamcast in Europe, published by Big Ben and exclusively sold at retail in Game outlets.

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Cannon Spike is the name of a trademark attack performed by Cammy, a character from the Street Fighter series of video games and one of the protagonists of this title. "Cannon Spike" is Cammy's signature move where she performs an upward kick at her opponent.

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Characters

The game's playable characters, which come from a range of Capcom games, include:

  • Arthur from Ghosts 'n Goblins
  • Baby Bonnie Hood (or Bulleta in Japan) from Darkstalkers (hidden character)
  • Cammy from the Street Fighter II series
  • Charlie (or Nash in Japan) from the Street Fighter Alpha series
  • Mega Man (or Rockman in Japan) from the Mega Man series (hidden character)
  • Shiba Shintaro from Three Wonders
  • One other character, Simone, was made specifically for the game and has not been featured in any game since. Simone shares a few similarities with another Capcom character, Linn Kurosawa, from Alien vs. Predator. Vega appears as an enemy character, named Fallen Balrog or Revenger Balrog in all regions.

    Gameplay

    In its arcade incarnation, the game is played using a joystick and three buttons; Mark (used to lock onto a targeted enemy), Shoot, and Attack (a close-range strike, usually more powerful or with greater knock-back compared to ordinary shooting.) In addition to these basic commands, each character also has a ranged special attack (unleashed by pressing Shoot and Attack simultaneously), a close-range special (Mark and Attack simultaneously), and a super special (all three buttons simultaneously). The use of the super special requires a Special Token, occasionally dropped by a defeated enemy and always dropped by a defeated ally in 2-player mode.

    Reception

    On release, Famitsu magazine scored the Dreamcast version of the game a 30 out of 40. The game holds a 69.69% score at GameRankings.

    References

    Cannon Spike Wikipedia