It’s been a long time–a seemingly eternity, really–since my mind had reason to focus on America’s earliest days. Sure, I love the works of Thomas Paine, but those philosphical and political pieces, don’t dig into the minutae of colonial and pre-colonial times. Likewise, Final Form Games’ Jamestown also doesn’t detail John Smith’s and Sir Walter Raleigh’s adventures in a settlement that would evolve into Virginia –it details John Smith’s and Sir Walter Raleigh’s Martian adventures to hunt down a crazed Spanish conquistador in a delightful 2D shmup.
Retro gaming fans recently celebrated (lamented?) 9/9, which was the launch date of the groundbreaking and much beloved Dreamcast in 1999 . The system may have died prematurely, but Germany-based Redspotgames is adding to its legacy with a new game release: Sturmwind. The region-free shmup, on paper, looks nicely stacked. Check the features:
Treasure’s SEGA Saturn shmup classic returns to action very, very soon.
Danmaku Unlimited is the latest bullet hell shooter to pummel the iOS platform and it’s most excellent. Clean graphics, a thumping soundtrack, and lots and lots of bullets to navigate makes it a 2D-X Excellence Award winner.
Pits long-awaited return appears to be a flawed one at this early stage.
The Dreamcast lives on in this bullet hell shooter.
The Atari 2600 classic returns in grand fashion.
Don’t stop shooting until you see the whites of their mechanical eyes.
