Greek mythology won’t be the very first thing to come back to thoughts whenever you consider a vertical-scrolling shooter, however that did not cease Namco from releasing Phelios in 1988, and it hasn’t stopped Hamster from including stated title to its arcade assortment this week (from 2nd February).
There’s most likely many on the market who have not stumbled throughout Phelios earlier than (it spent a good period of time as a Japanese unique), so we’ll provide the rundown. On this vertically-scrolling shooter, you play as Apollo (god of, like, every part), driving on his Pegasus to rescue the goddess Artemis. Because the style suggests, nay requires, there are a complete bunch of mythological beasties so that you can take out alongside the way in which and a boss battle caping-off every stage.
If the prospect of flying alongside, slicing down foes appears like a great one to you (and are available on, that does sound good), we’re afraid there isn’t any such fight right here. As a substitute, Apollo makes use of his sword to fireplace out projectiles — you realize, like all swords do — which will be set to both a normal hit or a charged assault.
For a better take a look at what the sport has in retailer, take a look at the next screenshots to get a style of the model:
Phelios will likely be flying onto the Arcade Archives tomorrow (thanks, Nintendo Every part) and it is possible for you to to choose it up from the Swap eShop for $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29.
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