Radiant Silvergun

Xbox 360 · 1998

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About this game

Radiant Silvergun is a single-player and multiplayer vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up with a time-traveling narrative and a weapon system built entirely around strategic versatility.

The story begins in the distant future, where humanity faces extinction after the awakening of a mysterious alien construct known as the Origin.

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Pilots of the battleship Radiant Silvergun are transported back in time in a last attempt to alter history.

Their mission is to destroy the Origin before it can awaken, battling through waves of enemies across multiple time periods to prevent the annihilation of civilization.

Unlike many shoot-'em-ups that rely on limited power-up items, the game equips the player’s fighter with seven distinct weapons available from the start.

These include forward-firing Vulcan shots, homing lasers, wide-spread guns, and more specialized attacks that can be combined to create new firing patterns.

A sword weapon is also included, capable of absorbing certain enemy bullets to charge an energy attack.

Weapons level up through use, encouraging players to adapt their style and specialize as they progress.

Scoring emphasizes chaining kills of the same enemy color, which multiplies points and unlocks higher weapon levels more quickly.

Mastery of the chaining system is essential for high-level play and replay value, creating a strong risk-versus-reward loop.

Boss encounters punctuate stages with large-scale mechanical enemies, each requiring memorization of patterns and precision use of the available arsenal.

The game offers multiple modes across its various releases.

The original Saturn version included a story-driven arcade mode and a score-focused Saturn mode with persistent weapon leveling.

Later ports, such as the Xbox 360, Switch, and PC releases, added visual upgrades, widescreen support, online leaderboards, and optional rebalancing.

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About Xbox 360

Microsoft's second console, the Xbox 360 (2005), is remembered for popularizing online multiplayer through Xbox Live and for a notoriously high hardware failure rate (the "Red Ring of Death") — which ironically makes well-preserved, working units and complete game cases more collectible today. Physical 360 games are still generally affordable, though limited Kinect-era peripherals and bundles are becoming harder to find complete.

Gamevaro tracks Radiant Silvergun for Xbox 360 with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.

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