The 1994 version is more or less emulated how it originally appeared on DOS while the 2015 version is essentially the Windows 95 rerelease that most people weren't familiar with. The biggest difference between them is the music.

childhood games just brings back alot of memories, and I'm 32

Takes me back to the days of playing this when it first came out!!!!

:D

A real masterpiece from the past!

I guess I recommend this, I played the freeware version a lot as a little kid. Hard nostalgia. The port is pretty bad though, the save system is a mess, the graphics dont scale properly. But on sale is a great deal.

I played the Shareware version of this game back in about 1994/1995 and absolutely loved it. Without a way to pay for the full version, I finished up the shareware version while on holiday with my friend Nikos in greece, and then never really played it again, except the occasional replay of the shareware version...

Fast forward to 2023, and I'm enjoying the 2015 revamp, made for newer computers, and it's every bit as good as it was back in the day. It's a solid, uncomplicated shooter, with a satisfying progression, great graphics and good music. It's a solid example of an early-mid 1990s SHMUP pre-bullet-hell-era games that swept in from Japan.

The game plays superbly still, but does require a little bit of grinding in the early game to get some better weps, especially using the abort-mission exploit that lets you farm one or two levels for credits.. But once you've got your legs under you, the game plays out well, with a steadily ramping level of difficulty, resulting in some fun final levels where you just have to take your lumps as you power through wave after wave of enemies to take on the final boss. Provided you haven't had too many lumps knocked out of you, the final boss is a satisfying dodge-fest to take down. Challenging but not unfair.

A great game, even for people who haven't been fans since the 90s. Pick it up for a few pounds and enjoy the 90s vibe. Also check out the easter eggs for some additional fun.

I've played this more times than I can remember. I just loaded this up to play it long enough to leave a review as I've finished this countless times in the past. It's a great SHMUP that really shows some of the best of the 90s. The 2015 edition isn't necessarily something you need if you have the original, but it's worth it to support a talented dev who's been bringing us awesomesauce for years.

An excellent remaster of a classic! For those who've played the original 1994 game, they won't be disappointed. For those that haven't played it at all, strap in for one of the best 2D vertical scrollers I've ever played.



- Pretty good upscaling of the sprites. It gets a little blobby, but this was originally a DOS game after all.
- Same rockin' soundtrack! You will be humming those ditties for a week when you hear them!
- Fluid controls let you make the moves necessary to dodge the worst your enemies can throw at you.
- 30 levels to blast through!
- More enemy types than you can count, from mostly harmless chuggers to laser-shooting fast-movers.
- The difficulty curve moves with your equipment. As long as you get the best available weapon and shield up, you should be able to handle what this game throws at you.



- Some of the levels are a little same-y.
- Some bugs in the achievements that require you to avoid the Auto Pilot to pop them.
- Certain bosses are a little too easy, but this is quickly remedied in the Outer Regions. It'll be a mad scramble there.


An update of a classic! Stop reading and start blasting those Dumbfire Missiles!

Well I played this game a thousand times when I was a kid, I already had the og on steam but wanted to try to get all the achievements because why not... but seems that "Clear all sectors" is bugged. Sad

Unforunately this version is a bit worse than original, it plays nice but the mouse is a bit wonky when you play it with alt+intro to go full screen, the cursor gets stuck a lot of times in the sides of the screen and you can notice it because the cursor doesnt pass from certain spots. When playing it works fine but sometimes I feel that I cant reach the top right or left like in the og.

Saving is bugged as well, everytime you save the game it creates another pilot save till you reach the max, instead of overwriting, so you need to go back to the main menu, detele all of them and go back to the hangar to save again. A bit annoying but meh.

I think the new few fx are not worth but bought the game to help the dev (and to get the achievements) on the remake and the future release of DemonStar, which I hope it plays better than this.

I vote up because the game is fun, but would be nice if the dev fixes the little annoyances, even when the og gog version with the dosbox works fine (and better I think) it feels bad to see a buyable product on steam with this issues.