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Games like Blood Money, Xenon 2, Mr. Heli gave me a lifelong craving for shoot em ups with shops: Games where you want to hone each run to get the most money po
by Razengan 1y ago
Games like Blood Money, Xenon 2, Mr. Heli gave me a lifelong craving for shoot em ups with shops: Games where you want to hone each run to get the most money possible and experiment with different upgrade loadouts, making for an inherently repayable experience.
- thom 1y agoYeah, played both of these on the ST, absolutely loved blowing up weird alien squid things and collecting loot.
- bluescrn 1y agoThe problem with these games was that you tended to lose all your upgrades if you die, and later levels were essentially unplayable if you lost all those upgrades. So you really only had one life. And you'd quickly figure out a fairly optimal upgrade sequence and stick to it. Still, I enjoyed them back then too. X-Out was another one, with a particularly interesting shop/ship configuration system for its time.
- vardump 1y ago"an inherently repayable experience" Interesting choice of words.