Giga Wing

Giga Wing
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Takumi Corporation
Publisher(s)Capcom
Dreamcast
Designer(s)Kei Toume
Composer(s)Yasushi Kaminishi
SeriesGiga Wing
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast
ReleaseArcade
  • NA: February 1999
  • JP: March 1999
Dreamcast
  • JP: November 11, 1999
  • NA: July 18, 2000
  • EU: October 20, 2000
Switch
February 17, 2021
Genre(s)Manic shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, local cooperative
Arcade systemCP System II

Giga Wing (ギガウイング, Giga Uingu) is a 1999 vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Takumi Corporation and published by Capcom on their CPS-2 arcade system board and ported later that year to the Dreamcast console. The arcade version is notable for using a horizontally aligned monitor (much like Treasure's Radiant Silvergun), something that is considered rare for a vertical shooter. The Dreamcast version had been scheduled to be released in the U.S. in April 2000,[1] before it was delayed to July 18, 2000.[2]

  1. ^ White, Matt (December 3, 1999). "Giga Wing Coming State Side [sic]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Gantayat, Anoop (June 15, 2000). "Tommo to Distribute Giga Wing in America". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 11, 2022.