In score attack, the player is tasked with reaching the highest score possible by destroying enemies within a two-minute time limit. In time attack, the player is tasked with finishing two stages in the best record possible under a five-minute time limit. In "Zanki Attack", players are given fifty lives but enemies spawn suicide bullets when destroyed, with bonus points given out after finishing the game with the remaining lives. Getting hit by enemy fire or colliding against solid stage obstacles will result in losing a life, with a penalty of decreasing the ship's firepower to its original state and once all lives are lost, the game is over.
Also known as Summer Carnival '92: Recca (Japanese: サマーカーニバル'92 烈火, Hepburn: Samā Kānibaru '92: Rekka, lit. "Raging Fire" or "Blazing Fire"[1]) /wiki/Japanese_language
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Recca 取扱説明書 (Family Computer, JP)
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Recca 取扱説明書 (Family Computer, JP)
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Recca 取扱説明書 (Family Computer, JP)
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Kalata, Kurt (August 16, 2017). "Recca". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-06-05. http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/recca/
Recca 取扱説明書 (Family Computer, JP)
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Kalata, Kurt (August 16, 2017). "Recca". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-06-05. http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/recca/
Recca 取扱説明書 (Family Computer, JP)
"Coming Soon: サマーカーニバル'92 烈火". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 187. ASCII Corporation. July 17, 1992. pp. 48–49. https://archive.org/stream/weekly-famitsu-no.-187-july-17th-1992-600DPI/Weekly%20Famitsu%20-%20No.%20187%20July%2017th%201992#page/n47/mode/2up
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Recca 取扱説明書 (Family Computer, JP)
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Recca 取扱説明書 (Family Computer, JP)
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