Pink Bullets : Last Hope coming on August 2009

Posted by John as Shmups

Game story

The evil empire is rushing at light-speed across the galaxies, heading towards Mother Earth. Barely 24 hours ago, they penetrated the last defense line of our galaxy, the Arsion Laser Belt. Millions of innocent people perished in outer space colonies. 70% of our fleet was destroyed during first contact. Our intelligence has now extrapolated their arrival within six days. Conventional weapons cannot stop them. Our last hope is in your hands: The Z-42 Warpstar. Warp into their territories and destroy their leader before they reach Earth.

Game Features

Pink Bullets is a tactical shooting game with impressive visuals and excellent arcade game play.

All Versions
• Free 360° rotary protection unit for shooting and dodging enemy fire
• Six stages
• Handdrawn NEO•GEO style backgrounds
• Fully animated CGI enemies
• Superb video game style soundtrack
• Constant 60 fps with up to 4 parallax layers
• Lighting FX
• Smooth plasma FX

Pink Bullets specific features

• Six credits and instant respawn during one credit
• Higher player ship speed from beginning
• Players ship does permanently equip the Rotary Protection Unit
• Protection unit itself can destroy enemies
• Five difficulty settings
• Overall less hard difficulty
• Altered stage color theme for higher Visibility
• Advanced scoring system, with beam chaining multiplier/combo meter
• Pink enemy bullets

This is not officially licensed, designed, manufactured, distributed or endorsed by SNK/Playmore corp. of Japan or SEGA Corporation.

Order your copy of Pink Bullets here.

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DUX released for Dreamcast

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Here comes another 2d shooter remake that combines strategic game play with stimulating shooting.

Dux is a shooting game for Sega Dreamcast developed by HUCAST.net & KonTechs Ltd. This shmup combines traditional game play with modern shoot ‘em up features such as many bullets on-screen and an adequate scoring system. DUX completely consist out of CGI and features high-resolution with super smooth graphics thanks to Dreamcast’s 2D capabilities,

Its predecessor used to show orbiting satellites. This time around control a cute and chic, pink and orange aircraft and shoot down all the opposing forces.

Expect to enjoy smooth and vibrant movies that will surely stimulate your gaming appetites.

The tactical aspect is still present in the upcoming DUX but plays a smaller role than in Last Hope, enabling easier mastery of the game. While the tactical aspect is still included, not everything depends on your reflexes and button punching skills. You also need an intact brain with adequate memory to carry yourself through this crisis.

DUX is currently selling at a price of $27.90. It is available in Limited and Standard Edition. The Limited Edition has a bonus feature of carrying an original soundtrack that records all music in the Obvious Soundtrack and original pieces.

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Genetos is almost complete

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Remember this post I made last October? Looks like the final 1.0 version of the “play through the history of shmups” game Genetos wil be released soon.

Genetos is a vertical shooter with a “evolution” theme. The stages from the word Genetos mean different generations in the evolution of shmups.

You start out with a Space Invaders-like game in the first level. In the 2nd level, you move into late-eighties-style world. As you move on to the 3rd level, this is where the game becomes more standard. You get bombs and more firepower. Lastly, in the 4th level, you can go to the bullet hell.

Watch this video of Genetos with level 4 creator mode.

While we are at it, check this trailer:

Thanks to Tatsuya Koyama, Japanese indie game developer for bringing us Genetos.

GENETOS is a freeware. You can download it from Tatsuya Koyama’s website right here.

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