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Pixelships Retro is the sequel to PixelShips. In this retro-themed game, the player chooses one of 160 different ships and engages on a side-scrolling shooter to destroy swarms of enemy ships and other obstacles. (Most) Levels are randomly generated, allowing virtually unlimited diversity. Upon completing the level's objectives, an enemy pixelship may appear. Destroying this pixelship will leave its pixels behind, the collection of which will allow the ship for the player's use. If the player is destroyed, they may choose another ship to resume play with. This continues until all ships are used up. Besides the 13 original music tracks, numerous sound effects and more weapons than before, the game is far more balanced, lending itself to greatly simplified statistics and easier to understand concepts. But perhaps the biggest change of all is that the screen no longer scrolls on its own. The screen moves as you move to provide you with a good view of what's ahead of you. (Leaving your backside more vulnerable of course!) You decide where and when to go. Drones come in a much wider variety now and have their own unique array of 12 weapons, such as the Ring Pulse which slowly tracks you and the Trail Pulse which leaves a damaging trail behind for you to accidentally dash through. The 9 different environments can actually threaten you this time around too. For instance, Space Arenas have force fields to block your progress and Class R Planets have erupting volcanos and oceans of lava. The background is no longer just an obstacle but a hazard too. The game was later made freeware. |
