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I purchased this game knowing only one thing: It is a SHUMP. That was
all I needed to know. And after only twenty minutes, I can say I think
it is a good one at that.
Game-play: More or less your standard SHUMP, only in stead of a swarm of
enemy fighters to shoot down, there is only to be one large ship per
screen throwing everything at you at once. After three of so of these,
the 'level' mothership comes at you. Where the "one large ship" is like
a Lemonhead candy, the mothership is two Atomic Fireballs at once.
Sound: My purchase came with a soundtrack CD, so I was actually able to
listen to some of the music before even playing the game, and I like
what I hear.
Controls: You would think that after spending almost three years in
Japan (US Marine Corps), I would have learned some of the language, but
I was young and stupid and was only interested in drinking as many
different kinds of alcohol as I could, so I had to spend a few minutes
(and lives) just figuring out what button does what. You could tell this
was an arcade port, because one of the first things you see on screen is
a joystick and an A, B, and C button. By default, the B button is your
main fire button, but a look in to the menus (some of them in English),
I found out how to customize them.
Graphically this is not the greatest game I have seen, but I am not a
graphics whore, so I don't care. For those that put stock in this sort
of thing, I would call them last generation PS1. They work for this type
of game.
It did cost me more than a normal new game would, but so far, it was
worth it. Play-asia.com on the Customs Declarations Form, only listed to
value of the item at $23.67 (less than half actual).
I purchased this game knowing only one thing: It is a SHUMP. That was
all I needed to know. And after only twenty minutes, I can say I think
it is a good one at that.
Game-play: More or less your standard SHUMP, only in stead of a swarm of
enemy fighters to shoot down, there is only to be one large ship per
screen throwing everything at you at once. After three of so of these,
the 'level' mothership comes at you. Where the "one large ship" is like
a Lemonhead candy, the mothership is two Atomic Fireballs at once.
Sound: My purchase came with a soundtrack CD, so I was actually able to
listen to some of the music before even playing the game, and I like
what I hear.
Controls: You would think that after spending almost three years in
Japan (US Marine Corps), I would have learned some of the language, but
I was young and stupid and was only interested in drinking as many
different kinds of alcohol as I could, so I had to spend a few minutes
(and lives) just figuring out what button does what. You could tell this
was an arcade port, because one of the first things you see on screen is
a joystick and an A, B, and C button. By default, the B button is your
main fire button, but a look in to the menus (some of them in English),
I found out how to customize them.
Graphically this is not the greatest game I have seen, but I am not a
graphics whore, so I don't care. For those that put stock in this sort
of thing, I would call them last generation PS1. They work for this type
of game.
It did cost me more than a normal new game would, but so far, it was
worth it. Play-asia.com on the Customs Declarations Form, only listed to
value of the item at $23.67 (less than half actual).