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RetroShoot is colorful, casual space shoot 'em up - Time Waster
by Lee Mathews Apr 17th 2009 at 4:00PM
It's Friday, and time to take it easy - so how about a Time Waster that only requires you to move your mouse? Hello, RetroShoot!
Just because the controls are dead simple doesn't make the game any less fun. It's a packed with colorful old-school arcade goodness. Manouver your ship with the mouse and let your ship take care of the shooting. Apart from that, the only other controls are space bar to pause/restart and escape to quit.
Collect powerups as you progress to add area effects, improved blasters, and extra lives. Take a hit, and you'll receive a strike. You guessed it: three of those and you're out.
As an added twist, the screen will pivot 90 degrees during some stages. Sure, it's just the same thing sideways, but it makes things a little more interesting than playing up-and-down constantly.
Let the blasting commence!
Just because the controls are dead simple doesn't make the game any less fun. It's a packed with colorful old-school arcade goodness. Manouver your ship with the mouse and let your ship take care of the shooting. Apart from that, the only other controls are space bar to pause/restart and escape to quit.
Collect powerups as you progress to add area effects, improved blasters, and extra lives. Take a hit, and you'll receive a strike. You guessed it: three of those and you're out.
As an added twist, the screen will pivot 90 degrees during some stages. Sure, it's just the same thing sideways, but it makes things a little more interesting than playing up-and-down constantly.
Let the blasting commence!
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
a said 4:57PM on 4-17-2009
SWEET GAME!
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Kenn.keeper said 9:41PM on 4-17-2009
Nice simple time-waster. Would have been nice if you could download it as I know of some people that have limited dial-up(certain number of hours that can be used)
Kenn.....
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LOC said 11:15PM on 4-17-2009
Wow, this is one serious time waster. Absolutely amazing game. I'm stuck on wave 13, but I keep trying!
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Calagan said 6:44AM on 4-18-2009
Nice shooter, remind me of Gigawings on the Dreamcast
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