Castle of Shikigami

Alfa System 2001

70Review score

Genres

Shooter, Arcade

Platforms

Arcade, Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2

Developer

Alfa System

Release date

December 31, 2001

Official links

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Game overview

About the Game

Castle of Shikigami is a dark, supernatural shoot-'em-up classic. Choose one of six characters and utilize their unique abilities to defeat the demons infesting modern-day Tokyo in this vertically scrolling shooting game. Use each character's shot, special Shikigami attack and bomb to conquer each stage and it's boss to ultimately discover who or what is behind "The Castle of Shikigami Incident".

Storyline

Summer, 2005: The summer heat is scorching. Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Force is investigating an occult serial killer and they've had enough. One after another, 32 female victims were found brutally murdered. Could this be the work of the occult? Specialists have been called in to investigate. The case is called "The Castle of Shikigami Incident".

Media gallery

Screenshots

5 images

Gameplay Trailer

PC requirements

System Requirements

Windows

Entry specification

Minimum

OS: Windows 8.1 / 10
Processor: Intel Core i3 2.3 GHz or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL support 1GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 600 MB available space
Sound Card: OpenAL support
Additional Notes: Xinput controller recommended, Windows 7 working, but unsupported