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However, none of these consoles are as awesome as the Sega Genesis Mini and Super NES Classic Edition so let's see which one is better. Retro gaming is making a resurgence and there are now a handful of mini consoles to help old-school gamers get their fix. Maciejewski for Versus on September 27, 2019 You can collect more lightning bombs throughout the game and stockpile them, to the point of saving all of them until the final boss and unloading then via mass spamming, which really doesn't make the fight that much easier.Written by A.J. Losing lives however does not reset the ships current level, but continuing from a game over will reset your power to default, which makes the game progressively far more difficult due to lack of firepower to keep up.īoth ships are equipped with what is called a Lightning Bomb, a wide-spread full screen attack that summons a lightning storm and destroys all normal enemies on screen and dealing large damage to boss enemies. The game employs and RPG-like power up system, which collecting a series of three medals throughout the stages will increase the ships fire-power by one level of a max of 20. Enemies will advance and attack from both sides of the screen. Both ships have rear and front fire attacks. Using anti-air floating bombs that have a parabolic arch.īetween each stage you can swap between the two ships choosing the optimal craft to succeed based on the level environment. The Zeppelin is a large, strong but slow airship which weaponry prefers mid-air high altitude combat. The Striker is small and agile, but not very strong, emphasize on anti-ground weapons using spread mines. You being part of the Silverhead Republic, being threatened and the world on the verge of full take over by a single super power. The Motorhead Empire using giant trains with rail car sized weaponry and massive floating fortress-like battleships conquered most of the world and drained most of it's resources to the point that the world is forced back into the age of steam power.

With a 19th Century Steam Punk setting between the Republic of Silverhead and Motorhead Empire. Steel Empire otherwise known as Kotetsu Keitoku is a side scrolling horizontal Shoot'Em Up.

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