GALAXY FORCE
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You wait ages for a version of Scramble to arrive and then two turn up at once! But this version differs from the above one because it was developed as part of the Bullet Hell Jam 2019, so there are lots of bullets whizzing around your ship and bosses at the end of each stage, along with the coin-op’s familiar elements, such as groundto-air rockets and fuel dumps – the fireballs have been replaced by enemy ships that turn up more frequently but they can be blasted.
Galaxy Force is a far busier-looking experience than its arcade original muse, and those changes do drastically alter how the game feels as a whole, but it’s pretty solid for something that was – impressively – created in four days. The fuel gets a little tight on the fourth stage, but the difficulty isn’t as steep as Konami’s original so experienced shoot-’em-up fans will possibly find this a little easy.