<s>
Developed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Dangun	B-Device
Feveron	I-Device
(	O
1998	O
)	O
,	O
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
began	O
production	O
immediately	O
after	O
completion	O
of	O
DoDonPachi	B-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
see	O
any	O
contemporary	O
home	O
ports	O
due	O
to	O
rights	O
and	O
publishing	O
issues	O
with	O
Atlus	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Psi	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
2019	O
by	O
M2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
spawned	O
two	O
spin-offs	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Espgaluda	B-Application
(	O
2003	O
)	O
and	O
Espgaluda	B-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
2005	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction-themed	O
vertical-scrolling	O
bullet	O
hell	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
DoDonPachi	B-Application
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
playable	O
characters	O
(	O
Yūsuke	O
Sagami	O
,	O
Jb-5th	O
and	O
Irori	O
Mimasaka	O
)	O
through	O
five	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
all	O
heart	O
stocks	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
,	O
however	O
players	O
can	O
continue	O
by	O
inserting	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
penalty	O
of	O
resetting	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
score	O
and	O
being	O
unable	O
to	O
change	O
between	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
developed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Dangun	B-Device
Feveron	I-Device
(	O
1998	O
)	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
crew	O
of	O
nine	O
members	O
:	O
art	O
director	O
Junya	O
Inoue	O
,	O
designers	O
Akira	O
Wakabayashi	O
,	O
Atsushi	O
Aburano	O
,	O
Riichiro	O
Nitta	O
and	O
Yūko	O
Nakamura	O
,	O
programmers	O
Ryuichi	O
Yabuki	O
,	O
Satoshi	O
Kōyama	O
and	O
Tsuneki	O
Ikeda	O
,	O
and	O
composer	O
Masahiro	O
Kusunoki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
a	O
soundtrack	O
album	O
containing	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
DoDonPachi	B-Application
was	O
co-published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Scitron	O
and	O
Gamest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
International	O
Games	O
System	O
originally	O
wanted	O
to	O
distribute	O
the	O
title	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
after	O
acquiring	O
the	O
DoDonPachi	B-Application
license	O
for	O
the	O
PolyGame	B-Application
Master	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
conversion	O
for	O
i-mode	O
phones	O
titled	O
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
M2	O
published	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
titled	O
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Lifes	O
Mark	O
MSX	O
compared	O
its	O
visual	O
style	O
with	O
both	O
Akira	O
and	O
Ghost	O
in	O
the	O
Shell	O
,	O
while	O
finding	O
its	O
gameplay	O
and	O
scoring	O
mechanics	O
to	O
be	O
departures	O
from	O
DoDonPachi	B-Application
but	O
commended	O
the	O
Psi	O
version	O
for	O
addressing	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
scoring	O
mechanic	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
playable	O
character	O
,	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
extra	O
modes	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
an	O
"	O
arranged	O
"	O
mode	O
and	O
additional	O
music	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESP	B-Application
Ra.De	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
spawned	O
two	O
spin-offs	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Espgaluda	B-Application
(	O
2003	O
)	O
and	O
Espgaluda	B-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
2005	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
