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What's the best game you played this year (that didn't come out this year)? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Ashtear@lemm.ee to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Since the normies are starting to do their GotY thing.

I think mine's Hardspace: Shipbreaker, although 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim continues to grow on me.

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[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know if it's the best, but the oldest games I've played this year are:

Montezuma's Revenge
Commander Keen
Zelda (NES)

I'm also looking for an old game I had on a 5" floppy back then... a fast-paced vertical scrolling shootemup/bullet hell, possibly with "Goose" in its name...

That and a Space Invaders-like that sounds like Galaxian, but is not Galaxian...
Similar concept, but possibly from the 90s, and your ship had a retractable claw to catch power-ups, and some sort of vertical sidebar in its UI with your score, wave progress, etc.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I don't really think it's your answer, but Galaga is in the neighborhood on name and gameplay.

It's possible a different version than I remember had some type of claw.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The last one sounds like Galactix? Screenshot here.

Now that I think about it, that was probably my introduction to shmups. Either that or Axelay, not sure which I played first.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

YES! That's it.
Likely one of my first shmups too.
Thanks a lot, I'll fire it up in dosbox eventually.

B:\GX1.EXE