<s>
is	O
a	O
vertical	O
scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
arcade	O
game	O
by	O
Eighting	O
released	O
in	O
1999	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
(	O
sometimes	O
incorrectly	O
thought	O
of	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
)	O
to	O
the	O
1996	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
Battle	B-Application
Garegga	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bakraid	B-Application
features	O
a	O
dynamically	O
adjusting	O
rank	O
system	O
that	O
makes	O
the	O
game	O
harder	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
rank	O
system	O
in	O
Armed	O
Police	O
Batrider	O
and	O
Battle	B-Application
Garegga	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Bakraid	B-Application
,	O
it	O
's	O
easier	O
to	O
graze	O
bullets	O
and	O
survive	O
than	O
in	O
Batrider	O
since	O
the	O
player	O
sprites	O
are	O
larger	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
their	O
hitbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bakraid	B-Application
has	O
a	O
fixed	O
moderate	O
starting	O
rate	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
high	O
starting	O
rank	O
of	O
Batrider	O
and	O
the	O
minimum	O
starting	O
rank	O
of	O
Battle	B-Application
Garegga	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
capitalist	O
nation	O
of	O
Randa	O
has	O
long	O
had	O
a	O
history	O
of	O
excellence	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
aircraft	O
,	O
attracting	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
engineers	O
in	O
aerodynamics	O
,	O
artillery	B-Application
,	O
and	O
structuring	O
from	O
the	O
world	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
,	O
even	O
this	O
interest	O
had	O
waned	O
,	O
until	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
air	O
show	O
Bakraid	B-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
fighters	O
could	O
be	O
demonstrated	O
outside	O
of	O
simulations	O
for	O
all	O
to	O
see	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
seventh	O
Bakraid	B-Application
,	O
a	O
nearby	O
nation	O
,	O
Deneb	O
,	O
had	O
attained	O
an	O
expansionist	O
attitude	O
,	O
forcibly	O
subjugating	O
and	O
annexing	O
several	O
of	O
its	O
neighbors	O
with	O
the	O
assistance	O
of	O
the	O
Shtarterra	O
Security	O
Council	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recently	O
,	O
Deneb	O
has	O
asked	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
Bakraid	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
council	O
secretly	O
contacts	O
the	O
other	O
Bakraid	B-Application
participants	O
,	O
offering	O
even	O
more	O
prize	O
money	O
than	O
normal	O
if	O
they	O
will	O
perform	O
in	O
a	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
Bakraid	B-Application
—	O
genuine	O
war	O
conditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
all	O
,	O
nine	O
pilots	O
accept	O
this	O
plan	O
,	O
and	O
begin	O
Bakraid	B-Application
two	O
weeks	O
early	O
to	O
catch	O
Deneb	O
unaware	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
Battle	B-Application
Bakraid	I-Application
served	O
as	O
the	O
last	O
work	O
of	O
Shinobu	O
Yagawa	O
at	O
Raizing	O
,	O
before	O
leaving	O
the	O
company	O
after	O
development	O
was	O
completed	O
to	O
join	O
Cave	O
and	O
work	O
alongside	O
Tsuneki	O
Ikeda	O
on	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
Ibara	B-Application
and	O
Muchi	B-Application
Muchi	I-Application
Pork	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Battle	B-Application
Bakraid	I-Application
in	O
their	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
1999	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
tenth	O
most-successful	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
