#arcade — Public Fediverse posts

Endlich Mittwoch, auf ins Retronom 😀
Diese Woche haben wir wieder eine Menge Spaß und Geschmack für euch aufgefahren, mehr dazu heute Abend auf Youtube im wöchentlichen "Was gibt's News?" 😁💥💚💜
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCBkIS3-p14hf3g2YZRaEMA

#retronomarcade #bestegäste #dortmund #arcade #pinball
#gaming #flipper #wochenende #bochum #castroprauxel #castrop #ruhrgebiet #recklinghausen #livemusic #Event #events #konzerte #Konzert

Endlich Mittwoch, auf ins Retronom 😀
Diese Woche haben wir wieder eine Menge Spaß und Geschmack für euch aufgefahren, mehr dazu heute Abend auf Youtube im wöchentlichen "Was gibt's News?" 😁💥💚💜
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCBkIS3-p14hf3g2YZRaEMA

#retronomarcade #bestegäste #dortmund #arcade #pinball
#gaming #flipper #wochenende #bochum #castroprauxel #castrop #ruhrgebiet #recklinghausen #livemusic #Event #events #konzerte #Konzert

Endlich Mittwoch, auf ins Retronom 😀
Diese Woche haben wir wieder eine Menge Spaß und Geschmack für euch aufgefahren, mehr dazu heute Abend auf Youtube im wöchentlichen "Was gibt's News?" 😁💥💚💜
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCBkIS3-p14hf3g2YZRaEMA

#retronomarcade #bestegäste #dortmund #arcade #pinball
#gaming #flipper #wochenende #bochum #castroprauxel #castrop #ruhrgebiet #recklinghausen #livemusic #Event #events #konzerte #Konzert

Endlich Mittwoch, auf ins Retronom 😀
Diese Woche haben wir wieder eine Menge Spaß und Geschmack für euch aufgefahren, mehr dazu heute Abend auf Youtube im wöchentlichen "Was gibt's News?" 😁💥💚💜
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCBkIS3-p14hf3g2YZRaEMA

#retronomarcade #bestegäste #dortmund #arcade #pinball
#gaming #flipper #wochenende #bochum #castroprauxel #castrop #ruhrgebiet #recklinghausen #livemusic #Event #events #konzerte #Konzert

Endlich Mittwoch, auf ins Retronom 😀
Diese Woche haben wir wieder eine Menge Spaß und Geschmack für euch aufgefahren, mehr dazu heute Abend auf Youtube im wöchentlichen "Was gibt's News?" 😁💥💚💜
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCBkIS3-p14hf3g2YZRaEMA

#retronomarcade #bestegäste #dortmund #arcade #pinball
#gaming #flipper #wochenende #bochum #castroprauxel #castrop #ruhrgebiet #recklinghausen #livemusic #Event #events #konzerte #Konzert

Joust

Wer es nie gesehen oder gespielt hat: Auf YouTube kann man das Spitzengameplay der frühen Achtziger Jahre bewundern. Ist doch fast so gut wie die Reklame dafür! 😁️

Hach ja, dieses kurze Aufblühen der Videospiele! Die Grafik war bescheiden, aber jede Menge sehr ungewöhnlicher Spielideen wurden programmiert. Schnell war es vorüber. Schnell gabs tolle Grafik und viel Einheitsbrei.

Joust

Wer es nie gesehen oder gespielt hat: Auf YouTube kann man das Spitzengameplay der frühen Achtziger Jahre bewundern. Ist doch fast so gut wie die Reklame dafür! 😁️

Hach ja, dieses kurze Aufblühen der Videospiele! Die Grafik war bescheiden, aber jede Menge sehr ungewöhnlicher Spielideen wurden programmiert. Schnell war es vorüber. Schnell gabs tolle Grafik und viel Einheitsbrei.

Joust

Wer es nie gesehen oder gespielt hat: Auf YouTube kann man das Spitzengameplay der frühen Achtziger Jahre bewundern. Ist doch fast so gut wie die Reklame dafür! 😁️

Hach ja, dieses kurze Aufblühen der Videospiele! Die Grafik war bescheiden, aber jede Menge sehr ungewöhnlicher Spielideen wurden programmiert. Schnell war es vorüber. Schnell gabs tolle Grafik und viel Einheitsbrei.

Joust

Wer es nie gesehen oder gespielt hat: Auf YouTube kann man das Spitzengameplay der frühen Achtziger Jahre bewundern. Ist doch fast so gut wie die Reklame dafür! 😁️

Hach ja, dieses kurze Aufblühen der Videospiele! Die Grafik war bescheiden, aber jede Menge sehr ungewöhnlicher Spielideen wurden programmiert. Schnell war es vorüber. Schnell gabs tolle Grafik und viel Einheitsbrei.

Joust

Wer es nie gesehen oder gespielt hat: Auf YouTube kann man das Spitzengameplay der frühen Achtziger Jahre bewundern. Ist doch fast so gut wie die Reklame dafür! 😁️

Hach ja, dieses kurze Aufblühen der Videospiele! Die Grafik war bescheiden, aber jede Menge sehr ungewöhnlicher Spielideen wurden programmiert. Schnell war es vorüber. Schnell gabs tolle Grafik und viel Einheitsbrei.

Controversy erupts around Ace Combat 8 on PC as bundled Belkan War re-release remains problematically attached to the new game, whereas it's standalone on console

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/ace-combat-8-the-belkan-war-pre-order-bonus-steam-community-reaction

Hey, TTRPG & #IndieGame friends on desktop:

Like #retro #arcade games? Like #biopunk and survival horror? Have I got the unexpected flavor combination for you in Phage Keeper!

Run walls to repair/reinforce. Jump escaped beasts. Survive the time. Face the end of humanity.

https://phage.thoughtpunks.com

Hey, TTRPG & #IndieGame friends on desktop:

Like #retro #arcade games? Like #biopunk and survival horror? Have I got the unexpected flavor combination for you in Phage Keeper!

Run walls to repair/reinforce. Jump escaped beasts. Survive the time. Face the end of humanity.

https://phage.thoughtpunks.com

Hey, TTRPG & #IndieGame friends on desktop:

Like #retro #arcade games? Like #biopunk and survival horror? Have I got the unexpected flavor combination for you in Phage Keeper!

Run walls to repair/reinforce. Jump escaped beasts. Survive the time. Face the end of humanity.

https://phage.thoughtpunks.com

Hey, TTRPG & #IndieGame friends on desktop:

Like #retro #arcade games? Like #biopunk and survival horror? Have I got the unexpected flavor combination for you in Phage Keeper!

Run walls to repair/reinforce. Jump escaped beasts. Survive the time. Face the end of humanity.

https://phage.thoughtpunks.com

Hey, TTRPG & #IndieGame friends on desktop:

Like #retro #arcade games? Like #biopunk and survival horror? Have I got the unexpected flavor combination for you in Phage Keeper!

Run walls to repair/reinforce. Jump escaped beasts. Survive the time. Face the end of humanity.

https://phage.thoughtpunks.com

Did that '9 games that shaped me' thing (do yours at https://my9games.net). Many of these won't be surprises, I've written about most of these (here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about and here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/15-great-games-you-could-play-on-a-mac-performa-575-in-1994)

Ms. Pac-Man was the first arcade game I loved as a kid in the 80s, Kirby I played on a friends' Game Boy, just as I did with Diablo, on a friends' PC. Sim City I played first at school, and all the other 90s ones (Wolfenstein, Doom, Sim Ant, etc) would have been on our own family Mac or PC. I referenced Rogue here, I actually played Mac Moria first, but same thing.

#games #gaming #RetroGaming #fps #sim #simulation #arcade #ArcadeGames #rogue #roguelikes #arpg #Diablo #Doom #Wolfenstein #SimCity #PacMan

Did that '9 games that shaped me' thing (do yours at https://my9games.net). Many of these won't be surprises, I've written about most of these (here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about and here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/15-great-games-you-could-play-on-a-mac-performa-575-in-1994)

Ms. Pac-Man was the first arcade game I loved as a kid in the 80s, Kirby I played on a friends' Game Boy, just as I did with Diablo, on a friends' PC. Sim City I played first at school, and all the other 90s ones (Wolfenstein, Doom, Sim Ant, etc) would have been on our own family Mac or PC. I referenced Rogue here, I actually played Mac Moria first, but same thing.

#games #gaming #RetroGaming #fps #sim #simulation #arcade #ArcadeGames #rogue #roguelikes #arpg #Diablo #Doom #Wolfenstein #SimCity #PacMan

Did that '9 games that shaped me' thing (do yours at https://my9games.net). Many of these won't be surprises, I've written about most of these (here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about and here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/15-great-games-you-could-play-on-a-mac-performa-575-in-1994)

Ms. Pac-Man was the first arcade game I loved as a kid in the 80s, Kirby I played on a friends' Game Boy, just as I did with Diablo, on a friends' PC. Sim City I played first at school, and all the other 90s ones (Wolfenstein, Doom, Sim Ant, etc) would have been on our own family Mac or PC. I referenced Rogue here, I actually played Mac Moria first, but same thing.

#games #gaming #RetroGaming #fps #sim #simulation #arcade #ArcadeGames #rogue #roguelikes #arpg #Diablo #Doom #Wolfenstein #SimCity #PacMan

Did that '9 games that shaped me' thing (do yours at https://my9games.net). Many of these won't be surprises, I've written about most of these (here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about and here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/15-great-games-you-could-play-on-a-mac-performa-575-in-1994)

Ms. Pac-Man was the first arcade game I loved as a kid in the 80s, Kirby I played on a friends' Game Boy, just as I did with Diablo, on a friends' PC. Sim City I played first at school, and all the other 90s ones (Wolfenstein, Doom, Sim Ant, etc) would have been on our own family Mac or PC. I referenced Rogue here, I actually played Mac Moria first, but same thing.

#games #gaming #RetroGaming #fps #sim #simulation #arcade #ArcadeGames #rogue #roguelikes #arpg #Diablo #Doom #Wolfenstein #SimCity #PacMan

Did that '9 games that shaped me' thing (do yours at https://my9games.net). Many of these won't be surprises, I've written about most of these (here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about and here: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/15-great-games-you-could-play-on-a-mac-performa-575-in-1994)

Ms. Pac-Man was the first arcade game I loved as a kid in the 80s, Kirby I played on a friends' Game Boy, just as I did with Diablo, on a friends' PC. Sim City I played first at school, and all the other 90s ones (Wolfenstein, Doom, Sim Ant, etc) would have been on our own family Mac or PC. I referenced Rogue here, I actually played Mac Moria first, but same thing.

#games #gaming #RetroGaming #fps #sim #simulation #arcade #ArcadeGames #rogue #roguelikes #arpg #Diablo #Doom #Wolfenstein #SimCity #PacMan

Frogger Junior - Love the classic Arcade frogger? Then check out this new Amstrad GX4000 and ZX Spectrum NEXT game!

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/frogger-junior-love-classic-arcade.html

Frogger Junior - Love the classic Arcade frogger? Then check out this new Amstrad GX4000 and ZX Spectrum NEXT game!

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/frogger-junior-love-classic-arcade.html

Frogger Junior - Love the classic Arcade frogger? Then check out this new Amstrad GX4000 and ZX Spectrum NEXT game!

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/frogger-junior-love-classic-arcade.html

Frogger Junior - Love the classic Arcade frogger? Then check out this new Amstrad GX4000 and ZX Spectrum NEXT game!

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/frogger-junior-love-classic-arcade.html

Frogger Junior - Love the classic Arcade frogger? Then check out this new Amstrad GX4000 and ZX Spectrum NEXT game!

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/frogger-junior-love-classic-arcade.html

🔊🎵 [[Stage 4]] Ryu Jin -O.S.T- (1993) (Arcade)

#ost #RyuJin #Arcade #Tsuda #Inohawa #videogame #music #retrogaming #games #gaming #originalsoundtrack #soundtrack #videogamemusic #gamemusic #vgm #EastTechnology #Taito

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTnvdqagCMM

🔊🎵 [[Stage 4]] Ryu Jin -O.S.T- (1993) (Arcade)

#ost #RyuJin #Arcade #Tsuda #Inohawa #videogame #music #retrogaming #games #gaming #originalsoundtrack #soundtrack #videogamemusic #gamemusic #vgm #EastTechnology #Taito

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTnvdqagCMM

🔊🎵 [[Stage 4]] Ryu Jin -O.S.T- (1993) (Arcade)

#ost #RyuJin #Arcade #Tsuda #Inohawa #videogame #music #retrogaming #games #gaming #originalsoundtrack #soundtrack #videogamemusic #gamemusic #vgm #EastTechnology #Taito

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTnvdqagCMM

🔊🎵 [[Stage 4]] Ryu Jin -O.S.T- (1993) (Arcade)

#ost #RyuJin #Arcade #Tsuda #Inohawa #videogame #music #retrogaming #games #gaming #originalsoundtrack #soundtrack #videogamemusic #gamemusic #vgm #EastTechnology #Taito

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTnvdqagCMM

🔊🎵 [[Stage 4]] Ryu Jin -O.S.T- (1993) (Arcade)

#ost #RyuJin #Arcade #Tsuda #Inohawa #videogame #music #retrogaming #games #gaming #originalsoundtrack #soundtrack #videogamemusic #gamemusic #vgm #EastTechnology #Taito

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTnvdqagCMM

Did the https://my9games.com thingy. Very hard to choose only 9 titles from decades of gaming… 😅

● Pong (console)
● Donkey Kong I & II (LCD hand-helds)
● Pengo (arcade)
● Pitfall II (Atari 2600)
● Marble Madness (Amiga)
● OutRun (arcade)
● Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (Mega Drive)
● Hoi (Amiga)
● Moon Child (Windows)

#TeamHoi #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #1980s #1990s #tech #arcade #vintage #nostalgia #digital

Did the https://my9games.com thingy. Very hard to choose only 9 titles from decades of gaming… 😅

● Pong (console)
● Donkey Kong I & II (LCD hand-helds)
● Pengo (arcade)
● Pitfall II (Atari 2600)
● Marble Madness (Amiga)
● OutRun (arcade)
● Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (Mega Drive)
● Hoi (Amiga)
● Moon Child (Windows)

#TeamHoi #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #1980s #1990s #tech #arcade #vintage #nostalgia #digital

Did the https://my9games.com thingy. Very hard to choose only 9 titles from decades of gaming… 😅

● Pong (console)
● Donkey Kong I & II (LCD hand-helds)
● Pengo (arcade)
● Pitfall II (Atari 2600)
● Marble Madness (Amiga)
● OutRun (arcade)
● Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (Mega Drive)
● Hoi (Amiga)
● Moon Child (Windows)

#TeamHoi #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #1980s #1990s #tech #arcade #vintage #nostalgia #digital

Did the https://my9games.com thingy. Very hard to choose only 9 titles from decades of gaming… 😅

● Pong (console)
● Donkey Kong I & II (LCD hand-helds)
● Pengo (arcade)
● Pitfall II (Atari 2600)
● Marble Madness (Amiga)
● OutRun (arcade)
● Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (Mega Drive)
● Hoi (Amiga)
● Moon Child (Windows)

#TeamHoi #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #1980s #1990s #tech #arcade #vintage #nostalgia #digital

Did the https://my9games.com thingy. Very hard to choose only 9 titles from decades of gaming… 😅

● Pong (console)
● Donkey Kong I & II (LCD hand-helds)
● Pengo (arcade)
● Pitfall II (Atari 2600)
● Marble Madness (Amiga)
● OutRun (arcade)
● Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (Mega Drive)
● Hoi (Amiga)
● Moon Child (Windows)

#TeamHoi #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #1980s #1990s #tech #arcade #vintage #nostalgia #digital

Go play Gladiator (1986) by Taito Corporation!

https://archive.org/details/arcade_gladiatr

#arcade #videogames #InternetArchive

Go play Gladiator (1986) by Taito Corporation!

https://archive.org/details/arcade_gladiatr

#arcade #videogames #InternetArchive

Go play Gladiator (1986) by Taito Corporation!

https://archive.org/details/arcade_gladiatr

#arcade #videogames #InternetArchive

Lobstar Arcade Version: free arcade shoot-em-up released for Linux

https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2026/09/lobstar-arcade-version-free-released/

#Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #Arcade #Indie #ShootEmUp

Lobstar Arcade Version: free arcade shoot-em-up released for Linux

https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2026/09/lobstar-arcade-version-free-released/

#Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #Arcade #Indie #ShootEmUp

Lobstar Arcade Version: free arcade shoot-em-up released for Linux

https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2026/09/lobstar-arcade-version-free-released/

#Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #Arcade #Indie #ShootEmUp

Lobstar Arcade Version: free arcade shoot-em-up released for Linux

https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2026/09/lobstar-arcade-version-free-released/

#Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #Arcade #Indie #ShootEmUp

Lobstar Arcade Version: free arcade shoot-em-up released for Linux

https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2026/09/lobstar-arcade-version-free-released/

#Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #Arcade #Indie #ShootEmUp

Savant – Ascent REMIX is Fast-Paced Shooty Boom Boom Fun 🔫

From the Norwegian indie team D-Pad Studio, here he was Savant – Ascent REMIX. This launched on consoles and PC back in September 2023, but got a REMIX upgrade for the Nintendo Switch launch.

It’s a punchy arcade shooter type game that moves at a hell of a rate. Excellent for pick-up-and-play shenanigans, it doesn’t prey too much on your time, all whilst its increasingly complex mechanics make for rewarding fun and games.

Savant – Ascent REMIX

Okay, we wanted to try this one as it’s by D-Pad Studio. That’s the team behind one of our all-time favourite games in the very beautiful Owlboy (2016). Savant – Ascent REMIX is a very different type of game, but has many merits all the same.

For less than a tenner, you can get this thing on all consoles and Steam. And you can think of it as an adaptation of ’90s style on-rails shoot-em-up type deals.

As the player, you take control of an acrobatic wizard dude. Your goal is to reach the top of a massive tower and, do that, you ride a huge elevator and must blast away enemies as you rise.

The further you get up, and the more enemies you kill, the more power-ups you get (and the more powerful you become). You’ll need that as the gets tricky fast, with waves of enemies flooding in from every angle. The controls are deceptively simple and you need to be multi-tasking projectile avoidance alongside your own shooting and the like. Behold!

It’s frantic stuff and very compelling. At its best, anyway, as the thing with this sort of game is it can get repetitive. We guess that’s out one gripe, although D-Pad does do a great job in shaking up the formula across each level with new and dramatic things.

But you are, ultimately, just shooting stuff over and over. That’s great for short bursts of play, not so much if you want to sit there for two hours on the thing.

Still, it’s fun and it looks great (that trademark D-Pad Studio illustration style is there). And there’s an energetic score to go with things, too, with the work by Norwegian musician Savant (yes he’s called that, very apt for the game, eh?).

There’s only about an hour of gameplay with the main story, but there’s plenty of shooty replayability to this one if you do find yourself addicted. Apparently, a completionist run demands about seven hours of gameplay. Impressive for a game that initially seems rather short.

This was obviously a much smaller project for D-Pad Studio complete. Owlboy took 10 years to make, this one will have been a hell of a lot less! It’s good to have the team branching out its library as we also wait for its next game (Vikings on Trampolines).

Yeah, then, Savant – Ascent REMIX is damn good fun. Pick-up-and-play excellence that serves its purpose to near perfection.

Savant – Ascent REMIX is Fast-Paced Shooty Boom Boom Fun 🔫

From the Norwegian indie team D-Pad Studio, here he was Savant – Ascent REMIX. This launched on consoles and PC back in September 2023, but got a REMIX upgrade for the Nintendo Switch launch.

It’s a punchy arcade shooter type game that moves at a hell of a rate. Excellent for pick-up-and-play shenanigans, it doesn’t prey too much on your time, all whilst its increasingly complex mechanics make for rewarding fun and games.

Savant – Ascent REMIX

Okay, we wanted to try this one as it’s by D-Pad Studio. That’s the team behind one of our all-time favourite games in the very beautiful Owlboy (2016). Savant – Ascent REMIX is a very different type of game, but has many merits all the same.

For less than a tenner, you can get this thing on all consoles and Steam. And you can think of it as an adaptation of ’90s style on-rails shoot-em-up type deals.

As the player, you take control of an acrobatic wizard dude. Your goal is to reach the top of a massive tower and, do that, you ride a huge elevator and must blast away enemies as you rise.

The further you get up, and the more enemies you kill, the more power-ups you get (and the more powerful you become). You’ll need that as the gets tricky fast, with waves of enemies flooding in from every angle. The controls are deceptively simple and you need to be multi-tasking projectile avoidance alongside your own shooting and the like. Behold!

It’s frantic stuff and very compelling. At its best, anyway, as the thing with this sort of game is it can get repetitive. We guess that’s out one gripe, although D-Pad does do a great job in shaking up the formula across each level with new and dramatic things.

But you are, ultimately, just shooting stuff over and over. That’s great for short bursts of play, not so much if you want to sit there for two hours on the thing.

Still, it’s fun and it looks great (that trademark D-Pad Studio illustration style is there). And there’s an energetic score to go with things, too, with the work by Norwegian musician Savant (yes he’s called that, very apt for the game, eh?).

There’s only about an hour of gameplay with the main story, but there’s plenty of shooty replayability to this one if you do find yourself addicted. Apparently, a completionist run demands about seven hours of gameplay. Impressive for a game that initially seems rather short.

This was obviously a much smaller project for D-Pad Studio complete. Owlboy took 10 years to make, this one will have been a hell of a lot less! It’s good to have the team branching out its library as we also wait for its next game (Vikings on Trampolines).

Yeah, then, Savant – Ascent REMIX is damn good fun. Pick-up-and-play excellence that serves its purpose to near perfection.

Savant – Ascent REMIX is Fast-Paced Shooty Boom Boom Fun 🔫

From the Norwegian indie team D-Pad Studio, here he was Savant – Ascent REMIX. This launched on consoles and PC back in September 2023, but got a REMIX upgrade for the Nintendo Switch launch.

It’s a punchy arcade shooter type game that moves at a hell of a rate. Excellent for pick-up-and-play shenanigans, it doesn’t prey too much on your time, all whilst its increasingly complex mechanics make for rewarding fun and games.

Savant – Ascent REMIX

Okay, we wanted to try this one as it’s by D-Pad Studio. That’s the team behind one of our all-time favourite games in the very beautiful Owlboy (2016). Savant – Ascent REMIX is a very different type of game, but has many merits all the same.

For less than a tenner, you can get this thing on all consoles and Steam. And you can think of it as an adaptation of ’90s style on-rails shoot-em-up type deals.

As the player, you take control of an acrobatic wizard dude. Your goal is to reach the top of a massive tower and, do that, you ride a huge elevator and must blast away enemies as you rise.

The further you get up, and the more enemies you kill, the more power-ups you get (and the more powerful you become). You’ll need that as the gets tricky fast, with waves of enemies flooding in from every angle. The controls are deceptively simple and you need to be multi-tasking projectile avoidance alongside your own shooting and the like. Behold!

It’s frantic stuff and very compelling. At its best, anyway, as the thing with this sort of game is it can get repetitive. We guess that’s out one gripe, although D-Pad does do a great job in shaking up the formula across each level with new and dramatic things.

But you are, ultimately, just shooting stuff over and over. That’s great for short bursts of play, not so much if you want to sit there for two hours on the thing.

Still, it’s fun and it looks great (that trademark D-Pad Studio illustration style is there). And there’s an energetic score to go with things, too, with the work by Norwegian musician Savant (yes he’s called that, very apt for the game, eh?).

There’s only about an hour of gameplay with the main story, but there’s plenty of shooty replayability to this one if you do find yourself addicted. Apparently, a completionist run demands about seven hours of gameplay. Impressive for a game that initially seems rather short.

This was obviously a much smaller project for D-Pad Studio complete. Owlboy took 10 years to make, this one will have been a hell of a lot less! It’s good to have the team branching out its library as we also wait for its next game (Vikings on Trampolines).

Yeah, then, Savant – Ascent REMIX is damn good fun. Pick-up-and-play excellence that serves its purpose to near perfection.

Savant – Ascent REMIX is Fast-Paced Shooty Boom Boom Fun 🔫

From the Norwegian indie team D-Pad Studio, here he was Savant – Ascent REMIX. This launched on consoles and PC back in September 2023, but got a REMIX upgrade for the Nintendo Switch launch.

It’s a punchy arcade shooter type game that moves at a hell of a rate. Excellent for pick-up-and-play shenanigans, it doesn’t prey too much on your time, all whilst its increasingly complex mechanics make for rewarding fun and games.

Savant – Ascent REMIX

Okay, we wanted to try this one as it’s by D-Pad Studio. That’s the team behind one of our all-time favourite games in the very beautiful Owlboy (2016). Savant – Ascent REMIX is a very different type of game, but has many merits all the same.

For less than a tenner, you can get this thing on all consoles and Steam. And you can think of it as an adaptation of ’90s style on-rails shoot-em-up type deals.

As the player, you take control of an acrobatic wizard dude. Your goal is to reach the top of a massive tower and, do that, you ride a huge elevator and must blast away enemies as you rise.

The further you get up, and the more enemies you kill, the more power-ups you get (and the more powerful you become). You’ll need that as the gets tricky fast, with waves of enemies flooding in from every angle. The controls are deceptively simple and you need to be multi-tasking projectile avoidance alongside your own shooting and the like. Behold!

It’s frantic stuff and very compelling. At its best, anyway, as the thing with this sort of game is it can get repetitive. We guess that’s out one gripe, although D-Pad does do a great job in shaking up the formula across each level with new and dramatic things.

But you are, ultimately, just shooting stuff over and over. That’s great for short bursts of play, not so much if you want to sit there for two hours on the thing.

Still, it’s fun and it looks great (that trademark D-Pad Studio illustration style is there). And there’s an energetic score to go with things, too, with the work by Norwegian musician Savant (yes he’s called that, very apt for the game, eh?).

There’s only about an hour of gameplay with the main story, but there’s plenty of shooty replayability to this one if you do find yourself addicted. Apparently, a completionist run demands about seven hours of gameplay. Impressive for a game that initially seems rather short.

This was obviously a much smaller project for D-Pad Studio complete. Owlboy took 10 years to make, this one will have been a hell of a lot less! It’s good to have the team branching out its library as we also wait for its next game (Vikings on Trampolines).

Yeah, then, Savant – Ascent REMIX is damn good fun. Pick-up-and-play excellence that serves its purpose to near perfection.

Savant – Ascent REMIX is Fast-Paced Shooty Boom Boom Fun 🔫

From the Norwegian indie team D-Pad Studio, here he was Savant – Ascent REMIX. This launched on consoles and PC back in September 2023, but got a REMIX upgrade for the Nintendo Switch launch.

It’s a punchy arcade shooter type game that moves at a hell of a rate. Excellent for pick-up-and-play shenanigans, it doesn’t prey too much on your time, all whilst its increasingly complex mechanics make for rewarding fun and games.

Savant – Ascent REMIX

Okay, we wanted to try this one as it’s by D-Pad Studio. That’s the team behind one of our all-time favourite games in the very beautiful Owlboy (2016). Savant – Ascent REMIX is a very different type of game, but has many merits all the same.

For less than a tenner, you can get this thing on all consoles and Steam. And you can think of it as an adaptation of ’90s style on-rails shoot-em-up type deals.

As the player, you take control of an acrobatic wizard dude. Your goal is to reach the top of a massive tower and, do that, you ride a huge elevator and must blast away enemies as you rise.

The further you get up, and the more enemies you kill, the more power-ups you get (and the more powerful you become). You’ll need that as the gets tricky fast, with waves of enemies flooding in from every angle. The controls are deceptively simple and you need to be multi-tasking projectile avoidance alongside your own shooting and the like. Behold!

It’s frantic stuff and very compelling. At its best, anyway, as the thing with this sort of game is it can get repetitive. We guess that’s out one gripe, although D-Pad does do a great job in shaking up the formula across each level with new and dramatic things.

But you are, ultimately, just shooting stuff over and over. That’s great for short bursts of play, not so much if you want to sit there for two hours on the thing.

Still, it’s fun and it looks great (that trademark D-Pad Studio illustration style is there). And there’s an energetic score to go with things, too, with the work by Norwegian musician Savant (yes he’s called that, very apt for the game, eh?).

There’s only about an hour of gameplay with the main story, but there’s plenty of shooty replayability to this one if you do find yourself addicted. Apparently, a completionist run demands about seven hours of gameplay. Impressive for a game that initially seems rather short.

This was obviously a much smaller project for D-Pad Studio complete. Owlboy took 10 years to make, this one will have been a hell of a lot less! It’s good to have the team branching out its library as we also wait for its next game (Vikings on Trampolines).

Yeah, then, Savant – Ascent REMIX is damn good fun. Pick-up-and-play excellence that serves its purpose to near perfection.