1964 Operation Velvet Twins

I'm a big fan of SEEP games and I generally enjoyed my experience with this one. Compared to 1989 After the War and Ninja 1987, this one's a little slow and plodding. I know what they were going for with the 2D single plane beat 'em up approach. Part of the magic of Double Dragon was unless you're cheesing some specific move, most fights feel like a struggle. Here, the hit boxes start many pixels away from the enemies, making it feel a little silly. Enemies get stun-locked when you punch them and take 4-8 punches every time (excluding the attack doggies). The level designs are cool. Platforming challenges are varied and fun, and they sprinkle enemy types throughout the stages in interesting ways to keep everything fresh. Because of the nature of the enemies there's a lot of flat areas with villains running back and forth and you get to mow through them with a cool machine gun (which you can't spam because of a cooldown and a stage timer). Not really a fan of the AI art used as reference images here. Even though real artists worked on the pixel art, they still used AI reference images and they LOOK similar to AI art. It's funny to think the more people use AI art as a reference …

Fun game but way too short. A prequal to war on 1987. was distracted and not even good at these games and got through a lot faster, the games a lot easier espeically the bosses who tend to just go the same move and can often beaten by just trading hits if you come back after dying. If you found War too hard you'll like this a lot. For everyone else its not the best hours to gameplay ratio unless you're getting it half off

Video Review: https://youtu.be/wMwIcVBZjA4?si=WTsu5dsmPBrtlAke TL:DR 1964 Operation Velvet twins is a beat em up platformer that is a prequel to 1989 After the war. If the trailer looks good to you then you will definitely enjoy it. There are 7 levels with a nice variety of enemies and simple fun combat. You also get a submachine gun that sprays bullets in all directions and decimates enemy mobs but it is linked to a timer so you can't spam it. Levels are a nice mix of platforming, dodging obstacles, and fighting mobs of enemies, each of them end in a boss fight that run the whole gamut from clows to helicopters. It is perfect for retro fans looking for their next 8-bit fix

I liked this one more then "1989 After the War" because of enemies not respawning, the 60s vibe and the slow pace. I could have done without the timer, but it was never really an issue.

SEEP is back with yet again another little nostalgic hug for the heart. Played for about ten minutes and have no complaints so far. Excited to sit down and complete it on the weekend. I love this team and will always support them! Can't wait to see what is next!