Wings of Death, Atari ST - Overlooked Oldies

[CaseofGlass]

Great video. It shows what ST could do

[JimPlaysGames]

@CaseofGlass thanks. Yeah I heard it was pushing the limits of it's capabilities in terms of number of sprites on screen and stuff.

[pacbilly]

I'd also mentioned the other funniest quote from this video but I don't want to put forth any spoilers.

[pacbilly]

"I still remember what it's like to want gold for no particular reason."

Ha!

[InsertDiskB]

@pacbilly Yeh this one made me laugh hard to :)

[shaurz]

It looks like there are different weapon types, if you pick up a powerup of the same weapon type it upgrades, but if you pick up a different type of power up you are reset to the least powerful weapon of that type.

[JimPlaysGames]

@shaurz yeah I find that kind of annoying, especially when you kill an enemy near to you and collect the powerup that comes out immediately without being able to avoid it. That's why I prefer a system where you can buy weapons like in Fantasy Zone.

[shaurz]

LOL "people who don't believe in the laws of thermodynamics, that's who"

[InsertDiskB]

Thanks for the video ;)

The spaceship on the hall of artifact is actually the ship from bitmap brothers Xenon 2.

I must admit, the game was a showcase of the ST graphics and sounds capability, has such it hasnt adged well. And i've been screaming at all the "death skull" power ups you picked up, they reduce your firepower and your speed.

[JimPlaysGames]

@InsertDiskB haha, that's the danger of going into a game with no idea what I'm doing. Funny that I actually mentioned that some of the power ups are effectively power downs because they give you a weaker weapon, while I was actually collecting actual power downs.

Glad you enjoyed it though :)

[Trusteft]

I was ready to scream lol. You kept dying from the same enemy (that grey thing which doesn't fire) by hitting it. You lost like 6-7 lives there lol.

On the other hand, I wouldn't have reached this level since I suck at shoot em ups.

You might want to try Plutos for the ST. My favourite shoot em up. It doesn't have weapon power ups !

Do you play with the keyboard or some gamepad/joystick?

[JimPlaysGames]

@Trusteft ah yes Plutos is on the list :)

Haha, sorry about that. Watching my noobishness must be frustrating at times. I play with a USB logitech gamepad. Can't play games like this with a keyboard. I can't anyway.