06-04-2009, 12:58 AM
Hi Vern,
And thanks for your reply. WOW! This is going to be one great game!! Those animated backgrounds sound very impressive!
Will all of the bug baddies shown insectoid_001.jpg be somwhere in there too? They look fantastic.
Again, can't wait for it to come out!! I'm assuming--hopefully I am not breaking the forum rules here--from the April portion of the Insectoid thread below it will be pretty soon. I think you mentioned a new ActionSoft webpage, etc. in a few weeks. Apologies if I am stepping out of line here.
I would love love LOVE to be a beta tester. Going to send you an email as soon as I wrap this up. My email address is drabyss78@operamail.com
I agree about Star Defender and losing powerups. It's pretty brutal. It's a pretty tough game to begin with. Reminds me a bit of a vertical Jets n Guns. I've only played the demo on a friend's machine since I don't own a Windows machine, so I've played up to Boss #2.
Also wanted to mention on a side note, that when I was listing good retro shooters for the Mac, I left out what is probably my personal favorite: Mac only Starbase Defender (Bigger Planet/Nathan Lamont). Man, do games get any more intense than this? Even on easy mode, it is ruthless. Great graphics and sound to boot. All the others I mentioned earlier would be very close seconds, but if you beat Starbase Defender, you've earned it.
Thanks again for the reply!
Jim