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Astariel - Glowing Gobs of Technology by Chris Campbell
In the spirit of all things funky, why not take a look at a game that really pushes the bizarre envelope. Astariel, is just such a game. Whomever the geniuses are that created this digital fiasco, I really need to know what they were smoking, drinking, ingesting, or shooting. Cause, I gotta get me some. This was the most fun I've had with a space shooting game in a long time. Frantic . . . yes, mesmerizing . . . yes, beautiful . . . yes, but really really fun as well.
The opening credits and many of the background screens remind me very much of the look of the game HomeWorld. Kind of glowing, oscillating, spectacularly colorful screens of stars, nebulas, and various otherworldly spacescapes. It's really mesmerizing just to watch the colors shift and and morph. But, don't get too hypnotized by it all, cause once the action starts, it really gets wild.
This is the stuff screen savers are made of. It's really cool, if you can set your video settings to high detail within the game. Otherwise you'll be looking at just another eighties arcade type screen. The other thing I really liked, was the ability for the game to go wide screen. Have recently purchased a new 22 inch wide screen LCD, I really appreciate games that go the extra distance, and support this.
But enough about pretty looks, lets get to the game. Starting with your enemies. They're really odd as games go, and quite different from any I've seen before. Think of a mix somewhere between Galaga, and Centepide. Long glowing blobs, that when shot, split into multiple odd enemies. Each one now a threat to your existence. And these guys come at you from every which way. Up, down, around, front, side, back, outside, and inside out. And their tracking patterns fall somewhere in between high art, and ruthless bounty hunter. Fun though, trying to keep out of their way.
A warning here however to those in the early stages of carpel tunnel syndrome. Time to break out the wrist supports, or maybe better yet, time to learn to mouse with your feet. I know I reverted to mousing with my left hand years ago, due to far too much time blasting aliens, terrorists, centipedes, anything else that threatened my digital existence.
If you really like those old space style arcade shooters, you're gonna love this one. C'mon, the download is free, small, and even runs under that picky as hell Vista. Give it a shot.
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Golden Age of Video Arcade Games $78.07 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The golden age of video arcade games was a peak era of video arcade game popularity, innovation, and earnings. The consensus as to its exact time period varies. Walter Day of Twin Galaxies places it as lasting from January 18, 1982 to January 5, 1986. Video game journalist Steven L. Kent, in his book The Ultimate History of Video Games, places it from 1979 to 1983. Other opinions place this periods beginning in the late 1970s, when color arcade games became more prevalent and video arcades themselves started appearing outside of their traditional bowling alley and bar locales, through to its ending in the mid1980s. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2010/07/06 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.26 inches |
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Atari Arcade Hits $9.99 Six old Atari Arcade classics can now be played on your PC in Atari Arcade Hits. Choose from Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Pong, Super Breakout, or Tempest, each shown on the screen the way they looked when you first stood in front of them in an Arcade and emulated with minute details such as Asteroids' inability to show three initials in the tenth spot on the high scores list.Players can go into the configure box and modify the way each game is played. There are options for enhanced graphics, a "trippy mode" for Asteroids, and the ability to tweak difficulty levels, among others. There are even desktop themes to choose from which will replace the wallpaper, screensaver, icons, and sounds in your PC with ones related to your favorite Atari game.Each game is playable with a joystick, mouse, or keyboard and the developers focused on emulating the feel of the trackball in games like Centipede and Missile Command. The same is true of the knob used to play Tempest, Pong, and Super Breakout.Players with access to the web can go to the official Atari web site and enter their high scores into the company's server. Who's the best Tempest player in the United States? You can find out there.Finally, there's also an Atari archives section full of interviews with founder Nolan Bushnell and pictures from the early days of the company's success both in the Arcades and in the home with the Atari 2600. |
