Spaceguard 80

10 Space Cats of 10! :D Cool space arcade with smooth graphics. I loved the humor in the game and very newbie friendly interface and controls. Can't say it's easy to complete all the 30 levels and Boss fights (I'm still on my way with this), but the game brings a lot of fun and joy. Actually Spaceguard 80 surprised me twice: 1) I didn't expect such a great gameplay from little Indie game with pretty low price. 2) I didn't expect upgrades and modifiers for the spaceship here. Well done devs!

[i]"For a 2D side-scrolling shooter, Spaceguard 80 is surprising little gem! It is by no means an easy game to play but I think fans of the genre would really like the game."[/i] [h1]Storyline[/h1] Due to the dissolution of the intergalactic union, the galaxy is about to collapse into chaos. Thankfully, the leader of a group of political reformers, Conrad V, has taken control of the space guards, and in preparation of the impending chaos, he recalls all active teams back to base. One of these teams include the Spacecat. On its way back, the Spacecat intercepted an SOS from a civilian spaceship and went to help despite being threatened by the base operator... and this is basically where your journey begins! [h1]Gameplay[/h1] The game features a pretty standard gameplay, where you'll move your spaceship around to avoid asteroids or enemies, and use your weapons (there are several and you can swap among them according to your need) to blast away at these obstacles. Your ultimate goal is to survive the level (it has 3 waves) but if you could manage it, you'll want to destroy any escape pods you see just so you can rescue the cat trapped in it. Not to mention, each level comes in…

Cats, space, and lovely visuals in interesting shmup game. It's fun, kinda hard at beggining but once you learn everything you can have some fun playing Spaceguard 80.

A cute looking game but very challenging! I started the game with a twin stick controller in my hand but the right stick doesn't work for aiming so I switched to my Sony Move Navigation Controller for moving in combination with my mouse for aiming, I love it when a game supports that. You can use wasd or the arrow keys as well. I mapped some of the shortcuts I found for the power ups and items to my mouse: LAlt, 1 and 2. I personally don't care much for games with a shop for buying weapon, ship upgrades and items. It's fun getting upgrades and new weapons etc. but earlier levels become easier and easier when you progress in the game. For new levels that are too hard you just stock up on health items and e.g. bombs to get through. It becomes a bit silly. A good shmup requires you to practise and get better to progress. At some point most of the new levels were too easy because of the upgrades. I find it a bit annoying clicking supershot freezes the game allowing you to select where to deploy the supershot. It should just deploy with a press of the button at the location of your mouse pointer. The mouse pointer is a bit small, I wish I could switch to a big reticle or crosshair. …

Want to know what your reaction, as well as memory, this game will give you the opportunity to test yourself. The complexity of the game grows up gradually, the enemies become no longer predictable, their attack changes, which will have to be remembered. Of particular difficulty for me was the final boss of the game, for a long time I was coping with it.

I do not know what the developers smoked, but they turned out a good rofl-game. Play at night couple of hours can get away.