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Four Toaplan SHMUP Classics are Out Now!
[ 2023-08-24 12:37:15 CET ] [ Original post ]
Theyre here! Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.2 is out now on Steam! We at Bitwave are proud to have worked on this project with our Japanese friends at Tatsujin, and the second volume includes four Toaplan classics with high-quality emulation and tons of quality-of-life extras!
Games included in Vol. 2:
- Hellfire: Toaplan's first side-scrolling shooter, known for its blazing graphics and strategic gameplay. Save the galaxy by burning aliens to ashes with the ultimate firepower!
- Slap Fight (AKA Alcon): A brain-melting vertical shooter with gauge-based power-ups that'll get your blood pumping!
- Fire Shark: Set the skies ablaze and endure white-knuckle shmup action in this no-nonsense aerial trial! Fly solo or play in co-op.
- Flying Shark (AKA Sky Shark): A military shmup adventure with destructive power-ups, stunning graphics, and evil enemy forces to destroy!
- Authentic emulation with minimal input lag (input processing and rendering are all done on the same frame).
- Instrument panels with additional gameplay information and artwork in vertical titles.
- Gameplay can be rewinded between 10 and 18 minutes.
- Assist features, such as auto-fire.
- Very Easy Mode, allowing beginners to master each game at their own pace.
- Pixel-perfect display or full-screen scaling in both windowed and full-screen modes.
- Rotate the game in 90-degree increments.
- Choose between Raw Windows Input or Steam Input.
- You can practice your skills using the practice mode.
- A brand new Mirror Mode (in select titles).
[ 2023-08-24 12:37:15 CET ] [ Original post ]
Slap Fight
Bitwave Games
Developer
Bitwave Games
Publisher
2023-08-24
Release
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support
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SAVE THE GALAXY IN A DIGITAL DEMOLITION DERBY
Toaplan's 1986 vertical shooter Slap Fight (AKA Alcon) speeds into modern times with its beginner mode, arcade-accurate emulation, quick saves, online leaderboards, and much more. Dive into the action instantly and blast digital terrors to bits with devastating, gauge-based power-ups!
"Millions of years ago, an alien race built the artificial intelligence Goudy to advance science beyond imagination. With time the AI revolted against its makers, contaminating the galaxy with evil influence across 300,000 light years. But Goudy's days are finally numbered when a lone warrior boards the Leopold, a faster-than-light spacecraft!"
ORIGINAL GAME FEATURES:
- Pick-up-n'-play: This game features a two-button control scheme that's easy to learn and challenging to master.
- Expand your raging firepower with an arsenal of bombs, lasers, missiles, and more! Your ship's hitbox grows as you get stronger, so dispatch your foes to hell before they lock their sights on you!
- Flex your brain to overcome complex challenges and uncover hidden secrets throughout your journey. The gauge-based power-up system requires some serious thinking.
- Feel the heat with Masahiro Yuge's banging soundtrack.
QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS:
- Minimal Input Lag: Emulation, input processing, and rendering all complete on the same frame.
- Quick Save using F1-F10, Reload with Shift+ F1-F10
- Online leaderboards for Single Credit, No Assist, and Assisted plays.
- Instrument panels with extra gameplay information and artwork.
- Rewind the game between 10-18 minutes, depending on the action.
- Experience the game in Mirror Mode
- Capture sharable replays to immortalize your interstellar victories (or funny moments).
- Assist Features such as auto-fire at multiple rates.
- Very Easy Mode: Lower the difficulty to breeze through the adventure.
- Pixel perfect or full-screen scaling in windowed or full-screen mode.
- Rotate the gameplay in 90-degree increments.
- Steam Achievements
- Choose between Raw Input on Windows or Steam Input.
- Hone your skills in the ultra-customizable practice mode!
※ If you want to play this game on a Steam Deck, you may need to force the use of "Steam Linux Runtime" in the compatibility menu in the game options
MINIMAL SETUP
- Memory: 256 MB RAMStorage: 10 MB available space
- Storage: 10 MB available space
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