Everything old is Neo again: NG:DEV.TEAM on GunLord
The Neo Geo X has people contemplating the possibility of buying “Neo Geo” hardware in 2012. But SNK and Blaze aren’t the only companies bringing back the 24-bit platform in the new millennium. In fact, there’s a group with an even keener eye for accuracy.
Indie developer NG:DEV.TEAM has been steadily releasing games developed specifically for the vintage hardware since 2006, and porting them to Dreamcast for an extra touch of retro accessibility.
Its latest work is GunLord, a Turrican-inspired side-scrolling run-and-gun. For those of you not familiar with Turrican, that means vast levels that expand out in every direction, full of platforming challenges and tons of enemies to shoot Contra-style. The first stage of GunLord alone features scenery varying from a wooded mountainside, to a waterfall-fed underground cave, to a series of ruins against a stormy sky.Continue reading Everything old is Neo again: NG:DEV.TEAM on GunLordEverything old is Neo again: NG:DEV.TEAM on GunLord originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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