HYPER METEOR

At some point, Hyper Meteor, the binary, colour based, kind of Asteroids inspired shooter where you didn’t shoot previously exclusive to the Playdate handheld got ported to PC, and I picked it up in a semi recent sale. Whilst I appreciated the design of the game when I played it as part of Playdate's Season 1, I always struggled with the control scheme because I found that using the crank to choose your direction of boost never felt particularly comfortable. It was serviceable, but not quite as precise as I wanted for a high score game like this. Fast forward to its big screen release, and suddenly it all makes way more sense. You’ve got direct directional control with the analogue stick, then you boost forwards, Asteroids style, using a face button. That’s it. Easy peasy. It’s still essentially a two tone game, seeing as the mission is always to collide with the weak points of enemies that are light in colour whilst avoiding parts that are dark, but there’s now a suite of palette unlockables, expanded game modes, and just some general tweaks that make a game designed for a tiny black and white screen still make sense on a 60 inch TV. This port has elevated a game I didn’t mind o…

I never liked Asteroids, but this? This is one of my favorite games of all time!

Fantastic game that deserves more reviews! This is perhaps the purest distillation of what a video game should be. Simple, addictive, a variety of modes and a great soundtrack -

This was one of my favourite games on the Playdate so as soon as I heard I could play on my desktop I was in. And it's great! I'd just love for it to have keyboard controls. Holding a mouse button or trackpad down is painful. At least let me thrust with a key. And maybe allow up/down or left/right on a trackpad to control direction rather than using a pointer. Please explore different controls. Thanks. Still great though!

A great retro-modern arcade game, nailing the "just one more time" formula and providing fabulous value of pure fun, with well-done visual design and soundtrack. Although i wish you could disable the screen-shake.

Fun game. I intend to spend more time in this one when I get a chance.