1942:Joint Strike

[Cavalry]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/858/858836p1.html

Joint Strike re-imagines the classic top-down shooter

it was top-down shooters such as Capcom's 1942 that got many hooked on videogames in the '80s. Capcom continues the revisitation of its classic library with the launch of a downloadable remake of 1942. Set to arrive on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network this summer,

As a pilot in an "alternate world version" of WWII, your task is simple enough: make it to the end of the level without being blown apart by enemy planes, tanks, anti-air guns and battleships. It sounds easy enough, but there is a constant onslaught of gunfire that forces you to deftly maneuver your plane across the screen and perform loop-the-loops to avoid being hit.

Heh, looks...interesting, I have hopes for this one.

 

[Tagaziel]

How can it reimagine something that cannot be reimagined?

 

[Vegeta897]

By reimagining it.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Looks like it could be pretty fun. The original was (to re-coin a phrase) totally ****ing sweet, spent way too many quarters/nickels/whatever you're meant to call 20c pieces over here on it down the fish and chip shop. Hard as balls, though. The only thing I'd be concerned about, going by the videos on IGN, is that the new visual style might be a bit too cluttered. You really need to keep the graphics bright and simple for a sh'mup otherwise nobody's going to be able to tell what the christ is going on.

Hmm... speaking of wasting coins down the fish and chip shop, did anyone ever play Thunder Dragon? Now that was an awesome shooter. Goes alongside Metal Slug (the original) as my favourite arcade game.

 

[i am HOLLYWOOD]

not sure what to say here. .

whoopdedo, another psuedo WWII game,
whoopdedo, another top down shooter,
or whoopdedo, another remake?