"Ikaruga" - both of them are modern versions of older game styles -
sidescrolling fighters (Joe) and top-down shoot-em-up anarchy
(Ikaruga). "Joe" is really very fun, very colorful, and plays with the
side-scrolling genre in lots of new and really innovative ways.
"Ikaruga" will make you cry like a baby. It's ridiculously hard, but
well-tuned. It's just hard enough that you can realize where you have
to get better, and provided you aren't a complete klutz, you'll eke past
that point and get wasted again. It's a great game, distantly related
to Galaga, but will require the same reflexes. I've read that you can
theoretically get through the entire game, without dying, in 30 minutes,
but it can take months to even make it through once. I've made it to
the second level.
- Jim
Raymond Camden wrote:
>>you know what games I love? (not that anyone cares :P)
>>keeping in mind I'm highly artistic and love pretty things
>>and great graphics ...
>>
>>Tetris - original
>>Astroids
>>Pong
>>Donkey Kong - Original
>>Galaga - Original
>>Mrs. PacMan - Original
>>
>>that's just to name a few. All very highly addictive in my opinion ...
>>but nothing fantastic on the graphics front.
>>
>>
>
>And you know what - this is a sad commentary on todays games. Not that
>todays games suck - I love a lot of them. But I still find myself playing
>Galaga (and I'm pretty darn good at it, can average over 100k per game) and
>other old games because they are so damn simple.
>
>Of course - maybe this is selected memory. Maybe these games were the
>exception and they are still fun because they are truly great games, and
>great games don't stop being fun...
>
>But if they are the exception, I can't think of many "modern" games that I
>still play as much.
>
>-rc
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