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''Phantom Crash'' was released in the United States in 2002 by Genki for the Xbox and localized ([[Blind Idiot Translation|somewhat crudely]]) by Phantagram. Sales were limited, but the game maintains a small cult following, and received a sequel, [[SLAI Steel Lancer Arena International]] in 2005 from Konami.

 

The game is considerably more casual when it comes to story than most mech games-your fellow Rumblers natter on about relationships, mech customization, and the genodical tendencies of the Tokyo Bay Area Ranker Tianhui. There is no world in need of saving (and judging by [[Scenery Gorn|the condition]] of Old Tokyo, it's a little late for that), no epic tales to be told, just a bunch of teenagers and the occasional twentysomething (and Siba, who is forty) living their lives and going out for an evening of blowing each other up in giant fighty robots.

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* [[Attack Drone]]: The Dusters. Inoffensive little bots with a machine gun and a weak Optical Camouflage generator, good for a small sum of Crypto Credits-or just to get them out of your hair, as they can be dangerous if ignored. Randomly selected when renting a SCUBI.

* [[Deflector Shields]]/[[Some Kind of Force Field]]: Force Shields, activated based on how "loyal" your Chip is-and how much money you've pumped into Uplifting them. Appears as a rainbow-colored orb.

* [[Destroyable Items]]: All three pickups (Armor, Ammunition and New Yen) can be blown up. Useful if you want to deny the enemy health, less so if they're getting to them while you need them.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]/[[Power Fist]]: The Aeron Hammer Fist, the best (and most expensive, at 260,000 New Yen ''uncustomized'') melee weapon in the game.

* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted.]] Although one of the stock sprites for enemy Rumblers is wearing a gas mask, they're wearing them as a fashion accessory more than anything else.

* [[Power Equals Rarity]]: Not necessarily, but the better weapons are less common than the average ones, and it's difficult to get the unique weapons for each mech without buying an entire mech to get them.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Like in [[Front Mission]], you are free to paint your mech a nice shade of pink or purple.

* [[Ring Inventory]]: Not the inventory, but the stores (and your home) work on this principle. Sonic AMP is the exception.

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The game is set in the ruins of Tokyo, which was abandoned at some point in the future.

* [[Shoulder Cannon]]: One of the four weapons mounts.

* [[Sniper Pistol]]: Most weapons have ridiculous range. The only sniper rifle in the game-that of the Proton-makes up for this by being ridiculously deadly.

* [[Standard FPS Guns]]: Spread across the <s> mechs</s> ScooBees. All of them have a pistol, an assault rifle/machine gun, a shotgun, and a grenade launcher, but the Holy has the [[Gatling Good|chaingun]], the Aeron has the [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]], and the Photon has the Power Fist (though the Aeron's Hammer Fist is closer to the Power Fist, as it's the best melee weapon in the game), the Knife (subverted; it's a pretty decent weapon) and the Sniper Rifle.

* [[Sword and Gun]]: One of the possible builds for a Proton, and a fairly decent one.

* [[This Is a Drill]]: All three mechs have one. The Holy has two-the classic Penetrate Cone, and the more rapier-like Penetrate Esturk.

* [[Universal Ammunition]]: Ammunition Cubes will refill your weapon's ammo, be it a sniper rifle, a tank cannon or a pistol.

* [[Virtual Celebrity]]: Mona Lisa, a virtual [[Idol Singer]]. Among the opponents you come across is a fairly large clan consisting entirely of her fanboys. They all use bright purple mecha and some of them are rather dangerous, especially if you're in a SCUBI not equipped for close-quarters combat.

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