1993 Space Machine

very fun for lovers of the genre and one of the few with 4-player local mode, the only flaw is that it is not possible to turn off the music

C-Tier shmup I love pixel shmups and enjoy when there is upgrade/ unlockable systems. The rotating shield gimmick is somewhat unique. But, again, this shooter suffers from the common issue in this genre since the beginning: jankiness. In that regard, it is just like most of the shooters from the bygone 8bit and 16bit era.

Very cool game, for those young enough to remember.... this is THE spiritual successor of Xenon-2 the legendary vertical scrolling shooter with weapon shop between levels, also with local coach CO-OP like this. I don't know why the poor reviews. Play on controller, figure out the menus, and unexpected discovery - you can rotate your shield with the bumper buttons on the controller !!!

It's not terrible, but I can't recommend it. Gameplay is mediocre and the achievements are broken. There's some weapon variety which is nice, but it's really hard to gain currency to buy them since money drops are near non-existent if you replay levels so if you want to try other things you're kinda forced to just restart.

Tickles the exact same brain lobe as those old arcade cabinets of my youth, tucked in corners of hotels or pizza places or ferries, when there were never enough quarters to go around and the flashing lights and 8-bit sounds plied my young mind with the promise of cool sci-fi military hardware and explosions. So many explosions. Love. My only gripe is that you can't resize the window and it defaults to fullscreen without any in-app option to change that, which is kind of awkward with a superwide monitor.

只有方向键和开火键吗？在选择星球的界面我无法按ESC退出，谁知道请留言告诉我 I cannot exit the game using the ESC key on the level selection screen.‌‌