Wednesday, January 11, 2012
By: Matthew Doucette
Nothing too official, but worth mentioning that Score Rush was nominated twiced, by prominent shmup gamers, as one of the top 10 console exclusive shmups of all time:
TrevHead (TVR) of Indie and Doujin Gamer nominations:
- Recca
- Gradius V
- Musha
- Gynoug (Wings of Wor)
- Spriggan
- Enhander
- Wings of Thunder
- Harmfull Park
- Gun Nac
- Score Rush :)
DJ Incompetent of shmups (twitter) nominations:
- The Guardian Legend
- Gradius V
- Super Aleste
- Geometry Wars 2
- Gradius Gaiden
- Score Rush :)
- Gradius Rebirth
- R-Type Delta
- Blazing Lazers
- Einhander
Sources: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=756068#p756068, http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=756102#p756102
That is all!
About the Author: I am Matthew Doucette of Xona Games, an award-winning indie game studio that I founded with my twin brother. We make intensified arcade-style retro games. Our business, our games, our technology, and we as competitive gamers have won prestigious awards and received worldwide press. Our business has won $190,000 in contests. Our games have ranked from #1 in Canada to #1 in Japan, have become #1 best sellers in multiple countries, have won game contests, and have held 3 of the top 5 rated spots in Japan of all Xbox LIVE indie games. Our game engines have been awarded for technical excellence. And we, the developers, have placed #1 in competitive gaming competitions -- relating to the games we make. Read about our story, our awards, our games, and view our blog.