Giga Wing

Giga Wing[a] is a 1999 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by Takumi Corporation and published by Capcom for arcades.

The arcade version is notable for using a horizontally aligned monitor (much like Treasure's Radiant Silvergun), something that is considered rare for a vertical shooter.

At the end, it shows that an evil man who pilots a ship called the "Stranger" is the real person who is in control of the Medallion, and was responsible for the war, as well as other conflicts in the past including World War II, and the players fight him three times as a mini-boss and as the last boss.

In the bad ending, the character the player uses will sacrifice their life in a kamikaze attack that destroys the Medallion.

Players can increase their score multiplier by collecting medals dropped by defeated ships.

[6][8] Jim Preston of NextGen said that the game "should be packaged with bottles of both Visine and Excedrin.

Arcade version screenshot.