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Charging weapons

Tools concept

Usually a secondary attack, needs the player to stop using the main weapon while charging, to release the charged shot few seconds later.

90
games
29
platforms
Bastion (Windows)
Bastion
WIN 2011-08-16
DonPachi (Arcade)
DonPachi
ARCD 1995
Half-Life (PlayStation 2)
Half-Life
PS2 2001-11-15
R-Type II (Arcade)
R-Type II
ARCD 1990
Hard Reset (Windows)
Hard Reset
WIN 2011-09
R-Type (ZX Spectrum)
R-Type
SPC 1988
Dead Space (Xbox 360)
Dead Space
X360 2008-10-13
Galmedes (Arcade)
Galmedes
ARCD 1992
R-Type III: The Third Lightning (Super Nintendo)
R-Type III: The Third Lightning
SNES 1993-12-18
Lost Planet 3 (Windows)
Lost Planet 3
WIN 2013-08-30
Shadow Man (Mac OS X)
Shadow Man
OSX ? *
Dead Space (PlayStation 3)
Dead Space
PS3 2008-10-13
Some weapons may allow holding the maximum charge for a time or indefinitely before releasing, others may automatically discharge upon reaching maximum charge. And yet others may require manual discharging before the charge harms the player or simply disappears.
Parent:
* Charged attack

Implied:
* Energy weapons

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Parent group

Charged attack

Games by year

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The first Charging weapons video game was released in 1987.

Irem, Electronic Arts and Devolver Digital published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 25
Linux 12
Arcade 7
Mac OS X 5
X360 4
PS3 3
Amiga 3
Amstrad CPC 2
PS2 2
PC Engine 2
SNES 2
GB 2
PS 2
Android 2
Mac OS Classic 2
Atari ST 2
MS-DOS 1
PC Engine CD 1
GBA 1
C64 1
Xbox 1
X68000 1
MSX 1
Master System 1
ZX Spectrum 1
Jaguar 1
GBC 1
NEC PC8801 1
BSD 1

Most common companies

Irem11
Electronic Arts6
Devolver Digital5
Activision4
Valve4
Interplay3
Flying Wild Hog2
id Software2
IndiePub2
Capcom2
Sega2