24.Mar.2025
HoysterGames
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Shoot'em Up: Demo update for "Rex and the Galactic Plague"
"Rex and the Galactic Plague" (video) is a vertically scrolling shooter that the developer originally wanted to develop with the Shoot'em Up Construction Kit before switching to the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of the new demo version:
- Difficulty options (easy / normal / hard) - some enemies only appear in normal or hard modes, attack patterns can vary and various other gameplay elements are affected
- Continues (the amount you get depends on the difficulty you choose)
- New bosses for both levels
- New or tweaked enemy attack patterns
- New animations for some enemies
- Updated sound effects
- Level two extended and remixed
- Difficulty has been balanced
- Rex now becomes briefly invulnerable after taking a hit
- Increased base speed for Rex
- Reworked smart bomb function
- Smart bombs available from the start (different number according to the difficulty selected)
- Improvements to the shield power up
- Energy bars for bosses
- Four fantastic new music tracks
- Updated title screen with options including controls and credits
- New story screens between levels, plus other presentation screens
- Some general nips and tucks to improve performance
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