Fond memories of playing the shit out of this as a kid. Nothing too groundbreaking but the submarine theming does make it stand out among a sea of aerospace shooters. Spritework is really nice too, as expected of the team behind Metal Slug. I like that the PS version had alternate soundtracks available but the originals are almost all better.
The graphics are awesome and I appreciate a Shmup that doesn't involve flying. There's no reason you have to be airborn for a shmup to work and this game proves that. The gameplay is middle of the road though. There's some cool boss fights but that's kind of it - there's not even power ups. If this game was longer I think it'd get tiring but there's only a couple levels.
I played this on my Evercade on the Irem collection, which I assume is just the original Arcade version.
It's a pretty fun, short (5 levels) shmup with great old school arcade style graphics. It's pretty unique in that you play as a submarine, instead of a spaceship.
The big problem I have with it is that this game would've been near impossible to beat without a couple pocketfuls of quarters. It's a tough game with projectiles flying everywhere, all the time and I had to continue many, many, many times, so this game definitely lives up to the old "impossible to beat on one quarter" style of arcade games. If I didn't have unlimited credits on the Evercade, I wouldn't have enjoyed this at all.
It's a pretty fun, short (5 levels) shmup with great old school arcade style graphics. It's pretty unique in that you play as a submarine, instead of a spaceship.
The big problem I have with it is that this game would've been near impossible to beat without a couple pocketfuls of quarters. It's a tough game with projectiles flying everywhere, all the time and I had to continue many, many, many times, so this game definitely lives up to the old "impossible to beat on one quarter" style of arcade games. If I didn't have unlimited credits on the Evercade, I wouldn't have enjoyed this at all.
This is a lot of fun. As with all arcade game like this, get past the first couple of levels and it becomes relentless, but the style of shoot em up and the visuals make this stand out from a lot of shooters of its day. Big Metal Slug vibes but I honestly enjoyed this more than any of the Metal Slug games I've played.
Spammy sections aside probably one of the best shoot em ups I've played in a long time.
Spammy sections aside probably one of the best shoot em ups I've played in a long time.