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Uchūsen Gamma is a vertical shoot’em to be released on November 29th, 2019. It has been developed by Juan J. Martinez (code, graphics and sound), known from previous releases for other 8-bit systems such as The Dawn of Kernel (Amstrad CPC), Rescuing Orc (Commodore 64) or Magica (Amstrad CPC), and the most recent Night Knight single-screen platformer for the MSX.

The game offers classic shoot’em up action with a twist: the power-ups only appear when 9 enemies are destroyed in a row (a “full chain”). The longer the chain, the more points will be obtained per destroyed enemy. There’s a risk/reward component because you may need to wait to kill the enemy ships until there are enough of them on-screen to complete a full chain.

\Some features:

Single-player, classic shoot’em up action

Smooth vertical scroll

5 stages with different types of enemies and final boss

Control by keyboard or joystick

PAL and NTSC compatible

Requires MSX computer with 16K of RAM

The game will be available as a free download from usebox.net and there will be a physical edition in cartridge by Repro Factory (pre-order will open early December).

For more information, follow the links below.

Uchūsen Gamma: https://www.usebox.net/jjm/uchusen-gamma/

Repro Factory: http://www.repro-factory.com