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'''Phalanx''' is a 1991 [[Shoot 'Em UpsUp|shmup]] developed by ZOOM, and was originally released for the Japan-only [[Sharp X68000]]. It was later ported to the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]; that release is best known for having an old man playing a banjo on the cover (see [[Covers Always Lie]] below).
 
This game is also playable through an easter[[Easter eggEgg]] bonus in the ''[[Virtua Fighter]]''/''[[Virtual On]]'' mashup/clone ''Zero Divide'', for the Playstation and Sega Saturn, via a code. It received a Game Boy Advance port with a different, more traditional cover. A [[Wii Ware]] port was announced for Japan, though no international release has been announced.
 
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* [[Dual Boss]]: The [[Mini Boss]] of the [[Asteroid Thicket]] stage is an asteroid that splits into two organic halves, which you have to defeat separately.
* [[Easy Mode Mockery]]: If you beat the game on easy, the game mocks you to try Normal Difficulty instead of giving you the ending.
* [[Everything Is's Even Worse Withwith Sharks]]: One of the [[Mini Boss|Mini Bosses]] in the second stage is a shark-like machine.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: There's aliens. Shoot them.
* [[Explosive Breeder]]: In the third stage, you have to fight a [[Segmented Serpent]]. When defeated, its ''brain'' comes out, and that brain sure knows how to multiply quickly...
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