<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
Starblade	B-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
GeoCalibur	O
starship	O
in	O
its	O
mission	O
to	O
wipe	O
out	O
an	O
alien	O
race	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Unknown	O
Intelligent	O
Mechanized	O
Species	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
2-based	O
Namco	B-Application
System	I-Application
246	I-Application
arcade	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starblade	B-Application
:	I-Application
Operation	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
rail	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Starblade	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starblade	B-Application
:	I-Application
Operation	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Higashiyama	O
Asahi	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
in	O
production	O
by	O
Namco	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Over	O
Reality	O
Booster	O
System	O
"	O
(	O
O.R.B.S.	O
</s>
<s>
had	O
a	O
rotating	O
screen	O
that	O
moved	O
based	O
on	O
actions	O
performed	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
Sega	O
's	O
R-360	B-Application
motion-based	O
cabinet	O
from	O
several	O
years	O
prior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
production	O
team	O
brainstormed	O
ideas	O
for	O
which	O
game	O
to	O
make	O
first	O
for	O
the	O
cabinet	O
,	O
designer	O
Higashiyama	O
Asahi	O
suggested	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Starblade	B-Application
,	O
as	O
he	O
was	O
a	O
fan	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
thought	O
its	O
first-person	O
gameplay	O
would	O
work	O
well	O
—	O
the	O
team	O
thought	O
the	O
idea	O
would	O
be	O
interesting	O
,	O
and	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
Starblade	B-Application
game	O
for	O
the	O
O.R.B.S.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
Namco	B-Application
System	I-Application
246	I-Application
arcade	O
board	O
,	O
designed	O
after	O
the	O
internal	O
hardware	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
was	O
assisted	O
by	O
"	O
Sadahiro	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
designer	O
for	O
Galaxian3	B-Application
:	I-Application
Project	I-Application
Dragoon	I-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
Attack	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Zolgear	I-Application
,	O
alongside	O
Yusuke	O
Watanabe	O
and	O
Satoshi	O
Shida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
flat-textured	O
look	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
assumption	O
by	O
planner	O
"	O
Kobayashi	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
behind	O
Starblade	B-Application
would	O
keep	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
graphical	O
style	O
as	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
"	O
ancestor	O
respect	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starblade	B-Application
:	I-Application
Operation	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
was	O
revealed	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2001	O
at	O
the	O
39th	O
Amusement	O
Machine	O
Show	O
(	O
AMS	O
)	O
arcade	O
game	O
expo	O
in	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Big	O
Sight	O
convention	O
center	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rez	B-Application
creator	O
Tetsuya	O
Mizuguchi	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
his	O
game	O
being	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
O.R.B.S.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
video	O
showing	O
the	O
entirety	O
of	O
the	O
demo	O
was	O
uploaded	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
by	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
