An early pseudo-3D shoot-em-up for the Nintendo Famicom developed by Micronics and published by ASCII.
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Geimos is one of those games no one talks about here. It never came out here and most people will probably only play it on a bootleg console or multicart as it's commonly seen there. This was I believe Micronics' 2nd game on the console. It's sadly one of their better games.
It tries to be a 3D looking shmup that's pretty basic as you'll be shooting and bombing enemies through 6 rounds. Once you beat the 6th one it just loops with no endings to be seen. There's one boss that's in every stage that's pretty easy to beat even with the time limit and it's just a very simple score attack shmup.
What's interesting is Mode A & B don't determine the difficulty. Mode A has the camera stay the same with only your ship moving around while Mode B tries to simulate movement with your elevation. Honestly it's a bit disorienting for me due to the ground and background never changing as you move. It still is neat to offer two different ways to play.
I think the effect to look 3D looks alright for the time, I can't argue too much about it. My biggest gripe however has to be the sprite flickering. It must be because of Micronics and sadly it can hinder some of the gameplay. The music is also very nonexistant though the tune that plays before each level is fine for what it is. Just wishes there was literally anything for the levels.
Geimos was okay, it's not really worth playing now but it could be worse. I did only spend like 15 minutes on it so I'm sorry if that makes this review less valid. At least my controller worked the entire time which I wish it did all the time SO I COULD ACTUALLY BE DOING OTHER GAMES! Well I didn't mention the cover yet. Apparently it's really hated in Japan for being so ugly. I don't know, feel like it would look nice as a blanket. I'll probably never come back to this game but yeah it sure is an early Famicom game by Micronics, I still despise them.
It tries to be a 3D looking shmup that's pretty basic as you'll be shooting and bombing enemies through 6 rounds. Once you beat the 6th one it just loops with no endings to be seen. There's one boss that's in every stage that's pretty easy to beat even with the time limit and it's just a very simple score attack shmup.
What's interesting is Mode A & B don't determine the difficulty. Mode A has the camera stay the same with only your ship moving around while Mode B tries to simulate movement with your elevation. Honestly it's a bit disorienting for me due to the ground and background never changing as you move. It still is neat to offer two different ways to play.
I think the effect to look 3D looks alright for the time, I can't argue too much about it. My biggest gripe however has to be the sprite flickering. It must be because of Micronics and sadly it can hinder some of the gameplay. The music is also very nonexistant though the tune that plays before each level is fine for what it is. Just wishes there was literally anything for the levels.
Geimos was okay, it's not really worth playing now but it could be worse. I did only spend like 15 minutes on it so I'm sorry if that makes this review less valid. At least my controller worked the entire time which I wish it did all the time SO I COULD ACTUALLY BE DOING OTHER GAMES! Well I didn't mention the cover yet. Apparently it's really hated in Japan for being so ugly. I don't know, feel like it would look nice as a blanket. I'll probably never come back to this game but yeah it sure is an early Famicom game by Micronics, I still despise them.