lördag 25 april 2020

Shmups on Switch asks nicely for more shmups to come to Switch


We are closing in on May 3rd and I guess now is as good a time as any; I will be turning off the lights here by then. I've had a 4 year run and have had close to 50.000 visitors (there's still time to reach that magic number but I'm not holding my breath) and, thanks to Twitter, have made the acquintance of a lot of very nice people.

The twitter account will remain active and I will continue to add to the Nintendo Switch shmups/stg wiki to try to keep it up to date (and everyone is very welcome to join that effort).

torsdag 23 april 2020

Bullet Heaven reviews Gigantic Army (Switch)

Mars: Chaos Menace Trailer (PS4/Switch)


Chaos and destruction are threatening the planet…

Mars: Chaos Menace is a frenetic bullet hell shoot'em up. Discover unique environments and defeat deadly opponents that will make you suffer and surpass yourself. Face devastating boss battles and aim for the high score!

Story: We are in the Terraforming age after saving our homeworld, Earth, which was collapsed by radioactive contamination and the depletion of resources. Now, humans are successfully colonizing nearby planets, using technology to adapt these inhospitable and hostile places. For the first time in our existence we feel in harmony with everything. But our activity and progress has attracted huge and warp monsters that only wish to devastate and sterilize planets by destroying the whole way of life.

We had forgotten, chaos is the natural state of the universe...

Features:
• Frenetic "Bullet Hell" action
• A careful aesthetics and design that will make you fall in love.
• Great variety of unique environments that you will discover in your missions.
• Spectacular opponents that will make you suffer and surpass yourself.
• Crowd of different enemies with exclusive behavior.
• Action and challenge assured for lovers of the genre.

tisdag 21 april 2020

Cyber Seraph, shmup in development, demo available

Cyber Seraph is an indie colorful retro shmup where you're pitted against vicious agents of ruin who have devastated your home world. Unlock upgrades and customize your ship, seek out  your foes and exact righteous vengeance! You're your people's last hope.


Release date: sometime in 2020. 

Keys for demo: WASD to move, O to fire, E to restart, Q for window mode. Has controller support, fire with A button (if using Xbox controller). 

onsdag 8 april 2020

Battle of the Ports: Donpachi

Sakura Stars, new shmup coming to Steam on May 21st

The pitch: When hordes of Youkai threaten the world, the Tanukis send a messenger to choose human girls to receive magical powers to defend humanity. They are known as SAKURA STARS.
Take on hordes of youkai in this 8bit horizontal shmup and defend humanity from supernatural beings.
Sakura Stars is a game made on Pico-8, a retro fantasy console with purposeful limitations to simulate an 8-bit era console.



Launches May 21st, on Steam.

Black Bird goes physical

Limited Run Games opens pre-orders for the physical edition of Black Bird (for Nintendo Switch) on April 10th, a regular and a Collector's Edition will be available.

The wiki entry has been updated.

tisdag 7 april 2020

Jet Lancer Trailer


Coming to PC and Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2020 Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter.

måndag 6 april 2020

Null Drifter Trailer


Can this retrogfx trend die soon? Now we're back to ZX80 level graphics.