Slap Fight
Bitwave Games · 2023 · Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up, 2D, Retro
PC
Mostly Positive78% · 18 📈 Making a comeback 91%
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About Slap Fight
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
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
this game is a true arcade classic and one of those hidden treasures that instantly reminds you why old-school shooters became so legendary in the first place. what makes it even more special to me is that it was a gift from Thaii, which turned every stage and every high score attempt into an even more memorable experience. at first glance it may look like a simple vertical shooter, but after a few minutes you realize there’s much more depth hidden beneath its retro presentation. the fast-paced action, the constant enemy waves and the satisfying feeling of upgrading your ship create an experience that remains incredibly addictive even decades after its original release. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3741454675 one of my favorite aspects of the game is how rewarding the upgrade system feels. throughout the adventure you collect power-ups that gradually transform your tiny fighter into an absolute flying powerhouse capable of covering the screen with destruction. every upgrade feels meaningful and exciting, making survival easier while also encouraging you to push further and chase even better runs. unlike many arcade shooters where you simply dodge and…12 found this helpful
It is another unfair arcade vertical shooter. It has a relatively complex upgrade system which isn't clear, and is not explained in game. Basically you collect stars, and the exchange stars for the most expensive upgrade you can afford. If you didn't spend your stars they loop back to one with no refunds. Your starting speed is extremely bad, it's basically unsurvivable. And if you can evade in the beginning of the game while you are upgrading your speed, when you die on the advanced bullet hell stages and the game resets you to the lowest speed, you can do nothing. Other upgrades you can purchase are an ability to shoot sideways, increased firepower, temporary shield, and different guns. Unlike most of the games in the genre your main gun has very limited range. Bombs supposedly have better damage, but their range is also lacking. Lasers have good range but absolutely terrible DPS. Only the seeker rockets are a good choice. "Wings" upgrade increases your firepower. But while the effect is obvious with half the weapons, bombs and missiles don't look that different. First upgrades are applied directly to the ship. But the last two add chunks to the sides, which have individual hit…3 found this helpful
Plays well on Steamdeck A very fun game2 found this helpful
I'll just take the Genesis port with the cool arrange mode. This one is not well-emulated, features are not well-coded. You know the drill. Every port is always rushed.2 found this helpful
Perhaps the most irrelevant game title ever, because you don't get to slap anything in the game besides maybe yourself in frustration. If you mixed Gradius & Xevious this would probably be the result1 found this helpful
Who makes the best ShootEmUps? Toaplan -> Cave
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