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Hexage's Radient is a great arcade game.

One neat thing about it is that the things in the game look 'radiant'. This trick appears to be accomplished by drawing the things in the game at a much lower resolution than the screen, so that they look pixelated, and then making what would be the empty space near the big, blocky "pixels" be more luminous, falling off quickly with distance, so that it looks like everything is glowing slightly.

Weapons in the game include (partially from http://hexage.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons ):

• Vulcan Cannon, a traditional blaster that fires rapidly but is fairly weak. Upon upgrade, fires 2 then 3 in parallel
• Bio Blaster, a small, slow shot that deals enormous damage upon impact
• Plasma Gun, a well-rounded weapon with moderate speed and firepower
• Disruptor Laser, a powerful but slow laser that carves through hordes of enemies
• Seeking Missiles, homing rockets that steer toward the nearest creep. Upon upgrade, fires more missiles, and missiles seem to converge upon the enemy faster
• Smart Gun, small, rapid shots that fire straight then curve toward the nearest enemy. Upon upgrade, curves more.

Weapons autofire and have a "duty cycle"; they fire a few times then they pause for a few seconds. Upon upgrading, the duty cycle becomes less (for all of them? definitely for smart gun).

Upon upgrading, do weapons deal more damage?