Given its age I was expecting it to feel slow and unsatisfying but I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying the simplicity of this. the trippy visuals really add flair to the cabinet
Played as part of Atari 50.
Crazy ass game for 1983, being probably one of the first twin stick shooters ever, but the hardware limitations of the time really overpower the gameplay with the noticeably limited firing angles. It's still definitely one of the better games in this collection so far, but it's not much to write home about outside of the context of its release given just how much twin-stick shooters have been iterated on and improved in the years since.
Crazy ass game for 1983, being probably one of the first twin stick shooters ever, but the hardware limitations of the time really overpower the gameplay with the noticeably limited firing angles. It's still definitely one of the better games in this collection so far, but it's not much to write home about outside of the context of its release given just how much twin-stick shooters have been iterated on and improved in the years since.
Really keeps you on your toes, even if it goes a bit too far with that. Fucking hate that bomb bug.
It may be yet another shooter, but it is a twin-stick shooter from 1982, and you play as a spider that is massacring a whole civilization of insects for seemingly no reason whatsoever. Instant classic.
Game #200
Game #200
Awesome early twin-stick shooter. Good movement and visuals and a nice sound for picking up the points.
(played as part of ATARI 50)
An early twin-stick shooter where you play as a spider and blast bugs. It's pretty good! The shooting feels great and the vector graphics are detailed and colorful. As good as the look is, though, the enemy design could be better, as they're all a bit busy and visually indistinct from one another. They're quite good representations of bugs! But unfortunately a lot of bugs kind of look the same, and it's hard to assess the threat type/movement patterns for each one of the enemies at a glance. Kind of a victim of its own success with the art.
Overall - fast, easy to get into, and fun.
An early twin-stick shooter where you play as a spider and blast bugs. It's pretty good! The shooting feels great and the vector graphics are detailed and colorful. As good as the look is, though, the enemy design could be better, as they're all a bit busy and visually indistinct from one another. They're quite good representations of bugs! But unfortunately a lot of bugs kind of look the same, and it's hard to assess the threat type/movement patterns for each one of the enemies at a glance. Kind of a victim of its own success with the art.
Overall - fast, easy to get into, and fun.
The early stages of the twin stick shooter. Feels like Robotron with a spider.
I'm a bit biased, because I love hypnotic color vector graphics and twin-stick shooters. Black Widow has both, and it's really fun to play.
What's a grubsteak, precious??
This is NUTS, one of the most fast-paced early 80s arcade titles I've ever played! Absolutely bonkers!! Your spider character shoots out a multicolored string of Linux commands in this twin-stick shooter set on a spider web. It kind of owns a little bit???
This is NUTS, one of the most fast-paced early 80s arcade titles I've ever played! Absolutely bonkers!! Your spider character shoots out a multicolored string of Linux commands in this twin-stick shooter set on a spider web. It kind of owns a little bit???
Very fun arcade shooter where you essentially play as a black widow that kills other bugs invading it's web, and you shoot these ki blasts at them to kill them. It's very fun and fast paced, and a great experience I will come back to. Played within Atari 50.
For it being one of the earliest twin stick shooters, it's actually pretty good. Controls feel smooth right off the bat with nice looking vector graphics. Bugs get really difficult later on but the overall experience is tight.