Some 35 years on from the Mega Drive first launched there’s no real shortage of action games inspired by some of the greats of the 16-bit era. Not that I’m complaining, of course – my Switch is stacked with gems like Katana Zero, Huntdown and Blazing Chrome still getting regular play.
It’s always a thrill switching between something like Contra: Hard Corps on the Switch Online’s Mega Drive service (an offering that’s honestly worth the price of a subscription alone) and a game like Blazing Chrome, seeing how faithful Brazilian developer JoyMasher is to its inspiration while also seeing all the areas they’ve pushed the action further and further still.
There’s that same thrill when playing JoyMasher’s latest, the delightfully titled Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider. The references are once again explicit, from the enjoyable absurdity of its name (inspired by and almost besting the all-timer that is Raizing’s Armed Police Batrider) to action that once again takes some heavy hints from Contra. There’s more here besides, though, with some inspired lifts from other games of the time.
Source – eurogamer.net
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