[Game] Hydorah by Locomalito (Demo) By Gandalf42 Published: December 26, 2009 Updated: December 26, 2009
Locomalito recently released a demo version of his upcoming hori shmup entitled Hydorah. Inspiration is drawn from quite a few sources, but I would say the main inspiration is clearlyGradius... which isn't a bad thing.
Features listed from his site (I'm assuming this is for the full release):
Old school feeling and 16 bit appeal.
Smooth and addictive playability.
17 levels (+7 sublevels), 25 bosses and a large library of enemies.
Single difficulty level, variable at each mission and with small random elements thats makes each gameplay different.
Route selection.
Weapon selection, power ups, and unlockable new weapons in every mission.
Dark background and brilliant bullets that lets the player see clearly what is happening around.