Rapid Reload

Rapid Reload is one of the first games made by Media.Vision. It's noteworthy for three things: being a very obvious loving homage (or blatant rip-off depending on your cynicism) to Gunstar Heroes, being a victim of SCEA's "no 2D games" policy, and its male protagonist (Axel) sharing a similar appearance to Rudy, the main protagonist in Media.Vision's next game, Wild Arms.

Test Mode#

In the Customize screen, press Start + Select on controller 2 to enter a test mode.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

CROSS HATCH#

Displays cross hatch.

COLOR TEST#

Displays color test.

XA TEST#

Plays XA audio.

SE TEST#

Plays sound effects.

INPUT TEST#

Controller input test.

Regional Differences#

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Character voice clips and the VOICE option in the Customize menu were removed in the European version.

Title Screen#

Japan	Europe

Menu Backgrounds#

The backgrounds for the Character Select and Customize menus were changed in the European version.

Japan	Europe

Pause Screen Blur Effect#

Pausing the game in the Japanese version adds a blur effect to the screen. This was removed in the European version.

Japan	Europe