1993 Space Machine Review (Steam)
Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that. 1993 is a classic shoot em up celebrating games like Gradius, R-Type, and Life Force.
Pros:
- Retro graphics.
- 393MB download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Controller support.
- Graphics-fullscreen or windowed.
- The game was originally made in 1993.
- Originally designed for the Amiga and Commodore.
- Remote play together support.
- 3 save slots.
- 2D shooter gameplay.
- 3 difficulties-rookie, skilled, and hardcore.
- Five solar systems-Dennax, Geneibo, Pollsus, test lab and Zint.
- Choose any solar system to play as they are all unlocked.
- Bullet hell elements.
- Nine ships to buy-six class ones and three class twos. You get a brief description of each.
- Guns-buy and equip new guns and parts to your ship with 25 choices to buy, 10 class ones, 10 class twos, and 5 class X.
- A 90s ass soundtrack complete with pan pipes!
- End of level breakdown.
- Big boss battles.
- Checkpoints.
- Cash drops from enemies and comes in 3 sizes classed as Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
- Gimmick–you have a shield which is an arc in front of you but you can move the shield around to protect certain parts of your ship.
- The game is how it would have shipped but with new additions such as controller support.
- Four players local play support.
- Clear easy to read Hud.
- Arcade presentation.
- After a level complete screen, you can use the shop to buy new guns/parts.
- Everything in the shop has a brief description.
- Supports the use of analog and d-pad controls.
- Game over restarts the level.
- Can hold the button down to fire.
- Very addictive.
Cons:
- No tutorials.
- Can’t see the controls.
- A lot of easy one hit deaths.
- Can be hard to see what you can and cannot shoot.
- No actual graphics settings.
- Enemies can go through walls.
- The difficulty is up and down.
- Difficult achievements.
- No leaderboards.
- Sound effects feel like they are missing every now and then.
