Rapid Reload

Rapid Reload, known in Japan as Gunners Heaven (ガンナーズヘヴン), is a 1995 run and gun video game developed by Media.Vision and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.

The player can switch between four different weapons with a normal machine pistol, flamethrower, homing laser, and multi-directional cannons.

However, unknown to Axel and Ruka at the start, there is also a terrorist organization known as the Pumpkin Heads searching for the Valkiry, determined to use the stone for world domination.

[9] American magazine Next Generation reviewed the Japanese version of the game as an import, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "Aside from hand cramps sure to come from mashing the fire button for three straight hours, it would be extremely difficult not to enjoy playing Gunner's Heaven.

[7] Maximum gave the PAL conversion a mixed review, describing it as a poor clone of Gunstar Heroes and elaborating that the "movement of the sprites, the enormity of the bosses, the ingenuity of the gameplay - in every respect the lowly 16-bit Sega title trounces this game.

Rapid Reload doesn't even feature the simultaneous two-player mode of Gunstar ..." They also criticized the sloppy PAL conversion, and scored the game two out of five stars.

Gameplay screenshot