Star Force / Elevator Action / Field Combat retrospective: Shoot ’em up/down | NES Works Gaiden #034

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Three—three!—consecutive vertical shooters hit Famicom in this episode. Well, for a certain value of "vertical." All three of these games about shooting things while moving up or down along the screen, but all three take a very different approach to it. Star Force is the most traditional of the bunch, while Elevator Action combines vertical shooting with the sort of platform-based character movement found in the likes of Donkey Kong. And Field Combat... well, I'm not sure that one even knows what it wants to be. But at least it's interesting.

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SG-1000 footage captured from a combination of Sega SG-1000 II with (with Card Catcher) and @analogueinc Mega Sg with card adapter module and DAC. Vintage hardware mods courtesy of @iFixRetro. NES/Famicom footage captured from @analogueinc Nt Mini Noir. Video upscaled to 720 with @retrotink339 5X.

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