Arcanacra is a new vertical shooter by Kei Mesuda, the same developer responsible for brilliant releases such as Nomltest FS, Invisible Vision and Quantized Blaze.

Click on the screen to add credits. Press the Z key to shoot and hold the shift key to target enemies with your ship's homing lasers. The Cho Ren Sha 68K method of acquiring power-ups can also be used here, by staying in the middle of the circle and avoiding all items for a couple of seconds. Unfortunately this move does not reward the player with all collectibles.

Switch between rapid and spread shot by holding either one or both shoot buttons. The boss of each stage can be beaten easily once your ship has a persistent lock on it, especially when the lock weapon has been upgraded.

A larger game window is accessible by clicking on the second link from the bottom of the page. Two stages only.

Name: Arcanacra
Developer: Kei Mesuda
Category: Shooter
Type: Browser
Gameplay video: click here