By Brian Ashcraft, 12:23 PM on Tue Aug 22 2006, 6,045 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Some are delightful, but face it, the vast majority of flash games are "meh." But this one is different, this one is Ikaruga! As far as shmups go, there's Ikaruga and then there's everything else. Japanese game developer Treasure released this classic shooter back in 2001 on the Dreamcast and then the GameCube. Reader Galen sent along this neat, little flash Ikaruga that features the game's first boss. Might want to turn the quality down as otherwise the game runs slower than molasses. Brian Ashcraft

Play Here [Cool Flash Games] Thanks, Galen!