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* EarthThatWas: The game's premise have you trying to travel to the earth's surface after a major cataclysm, in order to restore the world. Unfrotunately, earth ''doesn't'' want humans to be back and will do ''anything'' to purge us away.

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* EarthThatWas: The game's premise have you trying to travel to the earth's surface after a major cataclysm, in order to restore the world. Unfrotunately, Unfortunately, earth ''doesn't'' want humans to be back and will do ''anything'' to purge us away.
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''Gaia Seed: Project Trap'' is a 1996 HorizontalScrollingShooter made by Techno Soleil for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation.

Set in a future after an unspecified apocalyptic event wiped out all vegetation on earth, the surviving humans makes their escape to their space stations. Developing the Earth-reconstruction project, '''[[TitleDrop Gaia Seed: Project Trap]]''', mankind tries seeking a way to restore the world to normal.

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''Gaia Seed: Project Trap'' is a 1996 HorizontalScrollingShooter made by Techno Soleil for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation.

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Set in a future after an unspecified apocalyptic event wiped out all vegetation on earth, the surviving humans makes make their escape to their space stations. Developing the Earth-reconstruction project, '''[[TitleDrop Gaia Seed: Project Trap]]''', mankind tries seeking a way to restore the world to normal.
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* SheatheYourSword: [[spoiler: The way to the GoldenEnding is to ''not'' destroy either FinalBoss and instead let the timer run out.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Time to fight the ''Earth'']]

''Gaia Seed: Project Trap'' is a 1996 HorizontalScrollingShooter made by Techno Soleil for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation.

Set in a future after an unspecified apocalyptic event wiped out all vegetation on earth, the surviving humans makes their escape to their space stations. Developing the Earth-reconstruction project, '''[[TitleDrop Gaia Seed: Project Trap]]''', mankind tries seeking a way to restore the world to normal.

But the Earth herself isn't willing to accept humans again, after the damages they've done to her ecosystems. En route back to the surface, a mysterious alien force starts manipulating the remnants of the technology on Earth's surface to intercept the humans, wiping them out one by one. It's as if a supernatural force ''doesn't'' want humans to step foot back on the planet...

You're a pilot spearheading the ''Gaia Seed'' project, and it's up to you to discover the truth.
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!! Gaia Seed: Project: Begin:
* ActuallyFourMooks: One of the drone enemy types (red and white, with chevron markings) will appear seemingly as a single mook until you're close enough, at which point it unveils itself into five in a column. You can try shooting at it beforehand, but they'll split into several regardless.
* AfterTheEnd: The game takes place some centuries after a cataclysm wiped out the world's environment, and revolves around a project trying to rebuild it.
* ArtificialOutdoorsDisplay: One of the stages when you (seemingly) made it back to earth have you fighting the boss with what appears to be New York in the background. Alas, once the boss is destroyed, the explosion somehow affects the background, revealing everything to be dozens and dozens of fake images projected on screens, and you're actually in the bowels of an abandoned space station (hence, still far away from earth).
* AsteroidThicket: In the aftermath of the apocalypse, an asteroid field has developed around Earth, and you're required to fly through it in several stages. There's also the second stage above Saturn where you fly through her destroyed moons with plenty of debris.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: For all the bosses, with the game throwing a helpful visual indicator in red blinking words:
--> '''SHOOT'''\\
'''WEAK POINT'''
* BeehiveBarrier: All the bosses have hexagonal forcefields to deflect your attacks. They need to unfold them when attack you, however, giving you some free room to shoot back.
* BulletHell: The bullet density can get quite intense in later levels, either from bosses spamming their attacks everywhere or from the mooks firing away even before showing up onscreen.
* EarthThatWas: The game's premise have you trying to travel to the earth's surface after a major cataclysm, in order to restore the world. Unfrotunately, earth ''doesn't'' want humans to be back and will do ''anything'' to purge us away.
* GaiasVengeance: The supernatural force trying to prevent humans from returning to earth is none other than ''earth herself'', in retaliation to what humans have done to the environment.
* MultipleEndings:
** The most common ending have you defeating the turtle FinalBoss in the end - [[spoiler:which brings you back to a now-destroyed Earth, unable to rebuild. With the final screen announcing "Gaia Seed: Uncomplete"]].
** The DownerEnding, with the timer running out and unlocking the Giant Angel boss, before defeating her. [[spoiler:Her destruction also leads to Earth being wiped out of existance]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Whoops!]]
** The best, GoldenEnding, have you running out of time for ''both'' the giant turtle and the Angel boss, [[spoiler:which leads to the world being reset; Earth, once a wasteland, is back to a flourishing green world as humanity receives a second chance]].
* OrganicTechnology: As the game progresses to later stages, expect to see plenty of enemies which were supposedly spaceships, drones or mechas having flesh-like coatings on their bodies. They could be surmised as evolution of what remains on earth after humans had left.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The TrueFinalBoss is none other than the embodiment of ''Earth'' herself, appearing as a gigantic angelic being far larger than your ship.
* SpaceMines: Shows up in every stage, and you'll need to shoot them down before they can reach you.
* SpreadShot: An available classic power-up turns your shots into spreads of five.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Yes, somehow in order to get the best ending, you must NOT kill the {{Final Boss}}es, allowing the timer to run out in both instances, so that [[spoiler:the Earth can be somehow reset]]. Because why not?
* WalkingTank: The game's PostFinalBoss is a gigantic turtle-tank based directly on an [[Franchise/StarWars AT-ST]].
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--> We are with earth. We've liberated people from Gaia. \\
Gaia was destroyed and she became one body with the Earth.\\
[[RayOfHopeEnding Can we become one with the Earth?]]

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