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	Planet Freeware - rRootage
		The premise behind rRootage is simple: there are no regular enemies; you just pilot your "ship" against five boss enemies in succession to clear the stage.
		Like any manic shooter, these bosses shoot craploads of bullets at you, which you have to dodge to survive, but this isn't as tough as it sounds; the hitboxes for both your ship and the bullets themselves are only a few pixels in size.
		rRootage is a unique title in that it takes gameplay elements from other games and incorporates it very well into its own style.
	planetfreeware.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=30 (950 words)

	Obscure Gaming: Review: rRootage
		For those of you not familiar with the genre, rRootage is actually a compliation of styles from other scrolling shooters.
		Specifically, rRootage can be classified as a manic shooter.
		Also, for you PSP owners that are on the tech-savvy side, there is an rRootage port available.
	www.obscuregaming.com /2006/06/review_rrootage.html (508 words)

	MacGamer - Get In The Game
		Some of you may remember rRootage, an abstract 2D vertical-scrolling shooter game that popped up a few months ago and made a brief appearance on the MacGamer Shareware Center.
		While rRootage and Noiz2sa may share similar gameplay elements with the other games in the shmup genre, though, they manage to mix in their own unique styles here and there.
		Both rRootage and Noiz2sa feature an eye-riveting abstract style of graphics; however, rRootage's graphics are much more complicated, using lens flares and more detailed vectors for the massive boss characters.
	www.macgamer.com /features/?results_page=1&id=1620&sort_key=title (611 words)

	Macworld: Review: The Game Room
		To play rRootage, you choose one of four game modes -- each imbues your craft with special powers, such as bombs that nullify incoming bullets, and shields that deflect enemy fire -- and then select a difficulty level.
		rRootage is a heck of a twist on the venerable but sadly neglected genre of top-down scrollers.
		Although rRootage is still a work in progress -- the game is currently at version 0.22 -- it feels fairly complete.
	www.macworld.com /2003/08/reviews/thegameroom/index.php?pf=1 (2256 words)

	MacGamer - Get In The Game
		rRootage starts by taking the classic shmup level and deleting about 4/5ths of it.
		Finally, there's GW mode, which gives you control over a reflector shield similar to PSY Mode's charged up graze meter, except that it charges normally regardless of whether shots graze you or not and has a substantial delay before you activate the shield.
		However, rRootage is much more abstract than most shooters are with graphics; instead of flying some futuristic jet fighter contraption, you navigate a lonely small square surrounded by some kind of energy shield composed of green columns.
	www.macgamer.com /features/?id=1520 (850 words)

	RRootage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The correct title of this article is rRootage.
		The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
		The game features four modes, each one based on a different shooter which is probably how the game received its name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RRootage (350 words)

	Freeloader Vol. 3: ABA Shooter Madness from 1UP.com
		rRootage is quite a bit like P47, except it cuts out the little stuff and dumps you directly into a series of grueling boss battles.
		It's mostly a game of dodging, but an additional layer of strategy is added by your choice of one of four different game modes, including an Ikaruga style mode that allows you to absorb and reflect projectiles based on their color.
		They use it in all their shooters, but with the one-on-one nature of rRootage it makes for truly startling displays of organized pyrotechnics.
	www.1up.com /do/feature?cId=3133364 (1038 words)

	Free RRootage Download
		If you’ve ever played a shoot ‘em up game and wanted to just kill the bosses without having to go through the whole level then this is the game for you.
		rRootage is a game from Japan which features a selection of big things to destroy and there are a lot of things to destroy.
		Each one of the zones has about five enemies or “bosses” as I like to call them, because in any other game they would be.
	www.acid-play.com /download/rrootage (198 words)

	rRootage - MegaGames freegames
		The Japanese love their shooters and they usually tend to create extremely good games.
		rRootage is another example of such a game.
		It has all the classic trademark features of a Japanese shooter, excellent graphics, very good sound and effects and exciting gameplay.
	www.megagames.com /news/html/freegames/rrootage.shtml (43 words)

	GP32x.com Board [GP32 GP2X XGP] > Rrootage Port
		Mar 25 2004, 08:50 PM Kenta Cho's rRootage is a killer shmup for the PC.
		If rRootage can't be ported (or ported well) for one reason or another, perhaps another game from that site can?
		I like rRootage better, too, but the game is laced with OpenGL for the transparency effects.
	www.gp32x.com /board/lofiversion/index.php/t8804.html (408 words)

	RRootage - Wikipédia
		rRootage est un jeu vidéo de type shoot'em up développé par Kenta Cho pour ABA Games.
		Si rRootage présente des graphismes au rendu vectoriel abstrait, assez simples comme la plupart des jeux de cet éditeur, il requiert une machine relativement puissante (compte tenu de son année sortie) pour fonctionner sans ralentissement dans les derniers niveaux, du fait du nombre important de tirs qui peuvent apparaître simultanément.
		Notons que les motifs de tir des boss sont très riches et très travaillés.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/RRootage (269 words)

	rRootage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Use the laser gun to destroy the battleship of the enemy.
		rRootage is the free software for Windows(OpenGL required).
		Simple DirectMedia Layer is used for the display handling.
	www.asahi-net.or.jp /~cs8k-cyu/windows/rr_e.html (53 words)

	qtq: rRootage for Mac OS X
		rRootage is a vertical shooter developed by ABA.
		This is a Mac OS X version of rRootage.
		Download the Windows version of rRootage (Including source codes) from ABA Games.
	homepage.mac.com /qtq/rr/index_e.html (111 words)

	forums.ps2dev.org :: View topic - rRootage for PSP v1.5
		This is a port of Kenta Cho's addictive PC shooter, rRootage (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/rr_e.html).
		If you had previously tried it on 2.0 and it crashed, you should reinstall rRootage from the v1.3.zip.
		I thought it might be related to (lack of) memory, but according to http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?p=28096#28096 rRootage should have at least 16MB available to it through malloc(), and on my 1.0 rRootage only takes up 2.1MB before it's ready to enter its main loop.
	forums.ps2dev.org /viewtopic.php?t=4301 (2146 words)

	Home of the Underdogs - Entry: rRootage
		What sets both games apart from other shooters are two very innovative design choices: cool abstract graphics, and pitting you against only 'boss' enemy ships without hordes of other ships in the way.
		There are many bonus items you can collect to increase your score, but there are no power-ups in the games.
		One thing that would have been nice is the option to switch the action to horizontal mode, but as it stands they are already very fun, addictive, and slick shooters that fans of the genre should definitely take a look.
	www.the-underdogs.info /game.php?id=4476 (320 words)

	Debian -- rrootage
		rRootage is an arcade-style vertical shooting game, with music to match.
		Avoid the barrage of bullets and destroy the enemy's battle ship with your laser.
		rRootage has 40 levels, each playable in four different modes.
	packages.debian.org /unstable/games/rrootage (125 words)

	Kenta Cho Interview
		If you haven't played any of his masterpieces, they can all be downloaded from his site here for free, and they really represent some great thinking and innovation within the basic framework of the shmup.
		I always try to create a simple but impressive graphics style without holding on to the vector style, and the writing brush style in Suzuri is one of them.
		SR: Several of the modes in rRootage are homages to gameplay styles in some of the great classic shmups like Psyvariar and Ikaruga.
	www.giantrobeast.com /strafingrun/kenta_cho.html (965 words)

	The Escapist - Retro Like You've Never Seen It Before
		Your beloved gunboat in Gunroar is a mere five-line drawing that approximates the Platonic form of a boat, and the spaceship (if it can really be called a ship) in rRootage is an odd little abstract thing that consists of a small box surrounded by a set of transparent, parallel rectangles.
		The repetitive electronica soundtrack's thumping bass lines keep your adrenaline flowing, so you can focus at the task at hand, which usually entails dodging lots of bullets and laser beams of various sorts.
		Usually, you'll control a plane or something that has to negotiate (read: blow up) swarms of lesser enemies before making it to a climactic boss battle.
	www.escapistmagazine.com /issue/33/17 (243 words)

	Mt. Molelog :: 1941 and rRootage (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This blog has been replaced and is no longer being updated; please go to the new version instead.
		Ken "Тату Kissing" Williams discusses shooters like 1941 and pointing to a new game called rRootage, recently ported to the Mac.
		They'll be returning shortly, if all goes according to plan.
	molelog.molehill.org.cob-web.org:8888 /blox/Computers/Games/rRootage.writeback (116 words)

	rRootage 0.23.2 for Mac Free Download - Softpedia
		The boss shoots different shaped objects at you, and you must dodge them while shooting him (or her).
		Note: If you have problems downloading rRootage, please try to stop using your download manager and avoid right clicking on files.
		Also, check your firewall settings, because some mirrors may require that you do not block the HTTP referers.
	mac.softpedia.com /progDownload/rRootage-Download-2376.html (324 words)

	GameHippo.com : SIMILAR RECOMMENDED GAMES
		rRootage was created by the makers of Noiz2sa, which fellow reviewer Da_Goat called a,"breath of fresh air in the world of Japanese shooters" because of its abstract like graphics.
		rRootage does live up to my expectations, it is just as refreshing as Noiz2sa.
		The game takes shootem'up to a whole new level with its innovative 4 modes of play, they are: Normal mode, PSY mode, IKA mode and GW mode.
	www.gamehippo.com /recommended/1828.shtml (1237 words)

	rRootage [Archive] - GotNext Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		After having some time to spend with them I have gone through all of them checking things out here and there...but one stood out the most to me. "Surprisingly" it is also from ABA games (Torus Trooper which I have made a thread about last week).
		But rRootage is the name of the game.
		It's pretty old news to me, but it's great to hear other people are diggging its simplicity.
	www.got-next.com /board/archive/index.php/t-1273.html (304 words)

	ANN.lu - Daily news, rumours and comments
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		Being an OpenGL game, rRootage requires MorphOS 1.4.5, the 3D Pack and PowerSDL.
		Use the keyboard or the joystick to selected the stage you want to play.
	www.ann.lu /detail.cgi?category=&file=1127771906.msg (419 words)

	Brand New, You're Retro! \| MetaFilter
		I especially like rRootage and Noiz2sa [OS X ports], whose wireframe graphics initially remind you of oldies like Tempest and Asteroids, but whose gameplay is much closer to recent twitch classics like Raiden and Ikaruga.
		Also check out Warning Forever, which is sort of an endless boss battle in the vein of rRootage (I think there's some cross-breeding between these.
		My favorites (in addition to Warning Forever, rRootage, and Noiz2sa) are Cho Ren Sha, Perfect Cherry Blossom, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Power Shooter, Storm Calibur, Strayfire, Creature Jungle, Excess Fraction, Another Zero, Rally Raid, Blue Sabers.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/27584 (722 words)

	the-inbetween.com [ rRootage]
		If you came directly to this post, you may want to check all recent posts.
		This is something that I definitely want to see more of: rRootage, an independent, nicely executed game concept that takes the core elements of a shooter to their most minimalist, abstract form.
		So many bullets that, as with most shmups, it’s more about “bullet avoidance” than it is about any actual “shooting.” Additionally, if your anticipation for Ikaruga is reaching a boiling point (it is for me), rRootage offers an IKA mode that might hold you over for a bit.
	the-inbetween.com /2003/04/05/rrootage (500 words)

	MacAddict Forums / If you liked rRootage...
		Someone else ported over Noiz2sa and rRootage to the Mac.
		Of all the "serious shooters" that ABA Games has released on the PC/Mac, I consider rRootage to be the most boring, unoriginal, and overrated of them all.
		I was going to write up some mini-reviews/gameplay-strategies/critiques for all the downloadable ABA games, but figured it would make this post a bit too long.
	www.macaddict.com /forums/post/758286 (813 words)

	Bug#259062: marked as done (ITP: rrootage -- abstract arcade shooter)
		Bug#259062: marked as done (ITP: rrootage -- abstract arcade shooter)
		Your message dated Sun, 03 Apr 2005 12:54:28 -0400 with message-id and subject line Bug#259062: fixed in rrootage 0.23a-1 has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.
		This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
	lists.debian.org /debian-wnpp/2005/04/msg00057.html (314 words)

	Released: rRootage v0.1 - Console-Tribe.com Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Deniska ha rilasciato un port di rRootage gioco programmato da Kenta Cho.
		Molto silile a NOIZ2SA questo rRootage v0.1, è uno shoot-em-up 2d con grafica astratta, nel quale dovremo farci strada con la nostra nave spaziale tra una miriade di proiettili, cercando di abbattere il maggior numero possibile di nemici, accumolando cosi punti e power-up che miglioreranno la potenza di fuoco del nostro armamentario.
		A breve il file sarà disponiblie nella sezione download, nel frattempo eccovi il changelog.
	forum.console-tribe.com /.../t-released-rrootage-v01-2934.html (236 words)

	YakYak :: View topic - rRootage and Noiz2sa....
		And the ika mode of rRootage made me laugh and I seem to be okay at it (even though I generally suck at Ikaruga).
		Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:55 pm 0 Post subject: Re: rRootage and Noiz2sa....
		Oh snap, so must I! Is it just rRootage and Noiz2sa which have been ported or have any more of ABA's games also gotten the treatment for Xbox?
	www.yakyak.org /viewtopic.php?t=22399&sid=9d72e9941bf425796ca17d27b3b33195 (1077 words)

	rRootage for PSP v1.4 - DCEmu Forums:: The Homebrew & Gaming Network :: PSP Dreamcast Nintendo DS Wii GP2X Xbox 360 GBA ...
		rRootage for PSP v1.4 - DCEmu Forums:: The Homebrew & Gaming Network :: PSP Dreamcast Nintendo DS Wii GP2X Xbox 360 GBA Gamecube PS2 Forums
		mrbrown has updated the port of rRootage (excellent looking shootemup) for the PSP to v1.4, heres whats New:
		Fixed the Psyvariar crash that only happened to 1.50 users.
	www.dcemu.co.uk /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=15362 (289 words)

	Evil Mr Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dave Gnukem: a sidescrolling action game based on Dukem Nukem 1.
		rRootage for Linux: a port of rRootage to Linux.
		Noiz2sa for Linux: a port of Noiz2sa to Linux.
	geocities.com /evilmrhenry (238 words)

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