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Geo Shooters   
Geo Shooters is what happens when a quality Japanese sh'mup (shoot 'em up) meets a great Galaxian clone. In other words, Geo Shooters is awesome.
When the game starts, you�ll notice that the enemies are placed in the same fashion as Galaxian or Space Invaders; they�re stacked on each other, and set side by side. Within a few seconds, however, you'll realize that this is far from a normal Galaxian or Space Invaders clone. Almost instantly the enemy ships will start moving around the screen, shooting, not straight down, but at your ship. You have free movement around the entire screen. After you defeat an enemy, a score-up will drop (like a power-up, except it only effects your score). A boss comes about every three stages, as is the typical arcade style. They aren't that difficult, but they do serve their purpose well. One thing that especially impressed me about this game was the health system. At first it might not seem so innovative, but if you pay close attention to it you'll realize there's something peculiar about this health bar; it recharges, but only if you aren't shooting! This has two benefits: first, it makes the game more strategic. You're going to want to recover health (trust me, there's more than enough enemies to take away some damage), but you'll only be able to if you're not defending yourself. Another benefit to this unique health system is that those lousy cheapskates who never stop shooting in sh'mups (you know who you are) are now at a disadvantage! Take that, losers!
The graphics had a very retro feel. The ship models were good, but the background was a very boring star field that only alternated colors once after each stage. The enemy fire looked very odd, almost like orange octagons. Your lasers looked much like the kind found in games like Power Shooter (also on Game Hippo). The sound was just the basics. There was no music, and the only sound effects were rudimentary cracks and very fake explosions. Neither the graphics nor the sound was anything you haven't seen before.
The Bottom Line: Geo Shooters does something that's very hard to do; it messed around with the arcade-game formula, while still retaining the genuine feel. Games like these are hard to come by, so grab it while you can!
Note 1: Run the game in "window mode"! I had some problems when I didn't, such as my resolution changing.
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REVIEWED BY Da_Goat
STAFF RATING 8/10
USER RATING 6.0/10
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FILE SIZE 178 KB
FILE DATE Mar 06, 1999
UPLOADED Mar 24, 2003
DEV TOOL Hot Soup Processo
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