I’m pretty “into” shoot’em ups, aka shmups. I’m not gonna brag and say I’m great at them, or even good at them for that matter… but I enjoy the design of them… I enjoy the brutal difficulty of them.
I’ve recently discovered a little known title called, Enforcer: Fullmetal Megablaster. It originally came out on the Commodore 64, way late in the systems life in 1992. It’s … [ Read More... ]
Welcome to our 8th podcast… A bit late sorry. This week we’re focusing on one of our favorite developers… Arc System Works. We all know and love them for their hit franchise Guilty Gear but what else have they done?
They started off as a little game studio making ports for big companies to other consoles… Join us while we discuss some of Arc System Works lesser known games, … [ Read More... ]
Today I’ll be telling you all about a nice retro-inspired game I found, Magic Steel.
MAGIC STEEL
Platform: Flash
Idea: 3:5
An oldskool Action –Platformer, using classic design, and a simple level up system. You have 5 basic parts to level up: Magic Attack, Mana, Shield, Fire Rate, & Jump Booster.
Graphics: 3.5:5
Enemy design consists of standard anime mechs, done up as classic 16-bit sprites
SoundDesign: … [ Read More... ]
Behold, for I am among you…
For this cover art segment, I’ve chosen a classic Nintendo game for the Intellivision, this game apparently had many cover arts. I present to you “Burt Reynolds Versus The Wolfman“.
Also known in some regions of Zimbabwe as Donkey Kong. Please comment if you can think of something just as funny (if not more so), to call this art.
Cheers,… [ Read More... ]
