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In the Hunt: A Submarine Shoot-’Em-Up for Arcade and PSX

  Release Dates and Platforms In the Hunt debuted in arcades in April 1993 and was later ported to home consoles and PC throughout the mid-1990s. In 2019, Hamster’s Arcade Archives series brought it to modern platforms like Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Platform Release Date Region Arcade April 1993 Worldwide PlayStation 10 Nov 1995 Japan PlayStation 22 Mar 1996 North America PlayStation 1996 Europe Sega Saturn 15 Dec 1995 Japan Sega Saturn 4 Jun 1996 North America Sega Saturn June 1996 Europe Windows (PC) March 1997 Japan Switch, PS4 2019 Digital re-release Game Story Post-apocalyptic Earth lies submerged after the Dark Anarchy Society (D.A.S.) melts the polar ice caps with magnetic doomsday devices. Survivors form the United Ocean Garrison and secretly build the Hydro Fober Grampus, codenamed “Granvia,” to infiltrate D.A.S. waters and destroy their superweapon “Yugusukyuure.” Depending on player count and continues used, the game offers four dramatically different endings, f...

Rad Gravity - one of my favourite old NES games


The Adventures of Rad Gravity: A Retro Platformer with a Twist


The Adventures of Rad Gravity is a platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) developed by Interplay and published by Activision in 1990. The game follows the exploits of Rad Gravity, a futuristic hero who teams up with a sentient computer named Kakos to find and restore eight missing Compuminds, which are biotechnological devices that can communicate across the galaxy. The story seems simple but there is a plot twist near the end!

The game features nine different planets, each with its own unique theme, enemies, and challenges. Some of the planets include Cyberia, a cyberpunk world full of robots and lasers; Sauria, a lush jungle world inhabited by dinosaurs and giant insects; and Turvia, a planet where gravity is reversed and Rad has to walk on the ceiling. Later in game you visit Utopia - cyberpunk planet with robots and enslaved people or return to unprogressable at start Volcania. Most planets have its boss at the end with unique mechanics to defeat. Key is to collect items like weapons to progress story and other planets, like gun shooting up, explosive crystal (grenade weapon), hovering pod, teleporter etc.
The game is notable for its quirky humor, colorful graphics, and innovative gameplay mechanics. The game often breaks the fourth wall and makes fun of common video game tropes, such as having Rad talk to the player or the game itself. The game also experiments with different perspectives and gravity effects, such as having Rad shrink or grow, or having the screen rotate or flip. The game is considered one of the most original and creative NES games of its time, and has gained a cult following among retro gamers.

For hardcore players who finish story there is unique animation and ending sequence on the end. To be honest the story is very good with twist and i would love to see 3D Rad Gravity, which rivals in my opinion Ratchet and Clank and similar games, which were inspired by Rad Gravity. Try it with emulator on phone or better on PC, advised is to use controller, its very hard game even without "lives" system so popular in older days. You can repeat whole stage as many times as you like.

I have original cartridge for NES, which comes with original comic book! Yes there is little comic book showing sketch for story and planets. Really collectable masterpiece.

Try Rad Gravity and see, that modern games arent really hard believe me...


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