Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - General Gaming - Jets'n'Guns - Kickass 2D shooter with an awesome soundtrack from Machinae Supremacy
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Kario
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Tyrian
Now that is a cool 2D shooter game. |
Darkcomet
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Oy... Honestly, this isn't very good. Collision detection is off the charts, and enemy placement seems to be random at best. It's good, but there are much better PC shooters.
Music is awesome, although not too memorable. |
GeckoYamori
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You can get worthwhile video cards for a good price. A GF4MX shouldn't be more than $45 by now, and it's perfect for games like these and all pre-2004 PC games. |
Prier
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So according to the PDF, I'm right dead center...god I wish I had a vid card.
Hmm...well, might as well give it a shot when I can get some time. [mental note] |
GeckoYamori
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I have this game, and indeed it's one of the best shooters on the planet. I love PC-style shooters, since they usualyl (If not always) allow you to buy upgrades and customize your ships. I almost never see this in console shooters.
The graphics are pre-rendered 3D (ie 2D) sprites with some flashy particle effects thrown in. It should run just fine on some older computers.
While we're on the topic, 3D Realms recently released their 1996 shooter Stargunner as freeware. You can get it from www.3drealms.com
Now all I need is Raptor and Death Rally... |
Surlent
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From the PDF manual:
Optimum hardware configuration:
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Prier
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That looks like pain for my computer...
And I can't find anywhere that would give me 'minimum requirements'. That looks too 3D to be a 2D. :\ |
Surlent
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A nice person I know from another board gave me a link to the homepage of Machinae Supremacy where to download the game's soundtrack legally - and it's definitively worth doing this.
Then I got interested in that game and found it here:
http://jng.rakeingrass.com/
It is basically something like Gradius, with better graphics, no smartbombs or satellites but really a huge selection of weapons (all except one or two can be upgraded in several levels), a lot of other gimmicks like different bombs, missles, a boss betector, a hunter's licence (you get more money for special marked enemies when you once got that licence), a cooling system to reduce the weapon's heat and more. And there finally is hacking tool which allows you to crack collected ammo - it's a little mastermind game, but usually you should be able to crack the code before you run out of tries.
As for the game - it simply provides a lot of fun.
Despite some boring backgrounds (unterwater level) the explosions, the detailled ships, some bigger bosses there is a lot of change, when it comes to levels.
About the gameplay ... well, it's basically "target-anything-moving-and-destroy-it!", so there may not be big change, but since nearly every weapon is somehow unique you might want to combine three different weapons in the front (you get later three weapon slots in the front and one in the back, along with one bomb and missile slot), there you can plan strategically what to put into these.
It's only 21 levels what might be not that much,since the levels are not that uber-long (but separated with check points; some enemies can be really nasty when playing on Veteran or even higher [finish the game and it starts over with an even higher difficulty]) - but on the other hand the 20 US dollars are spent good, due to the impressive soundtrack.
I never had so much fun in destroying everything, the "Hero" track in the special Machinae Supremacy level simply rocks, the level music from the first stage "Canvoolt" - no, they all simply rock like you never experienced in a shooter.
Requirement: If you don't like metal, you won't like that; everyone elese - get the soundtrack immediately!
As stated, it's for free to download from that URL - scroll to the bottom and click the last link:
Direct link to the soundtrack
It's about 75 MB, containing all tracks except "Hero" and the shop-track (two of the best tracks, sadly not in the OST but in the game only. You can download "Hero" and a lot of other tracks from Machinae from the band's homepage download section).
The game itself also contains all the sounds, but in a little lower quality than that soundtrack.
Screens can be found here.
As for me, that game really is a masterpiece of its work - can not even touch actual games by graphics, yes, but that 2D style, the huge explosions, tons of different levels and especially the great music make that the most entertaining 2D shooter I've ever played - and I only can recommend that game.
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