There Is An Armalyte That Never Goes Out

This is totally retro. Armalyte! It's an official remake of the classic C64 shooter. Being a Spec-chum, I never played it back then, but always looked at its cover-art longingly. Finally playing after all this time, I discover a fairly brutal R-type/Nemesis-esque game, with a perpetual shooty drone following you around and a constantly recharging hyperblasty thing. It's an efficient remake with updated graphics - though oddly no "classic graphic mode" which I can see. My initial criticism about the demo would be that the enemy bullets actually look a little like power-ups, which caused an embarrassing death early on. It's also retro in another really odd way. While you can go and get the demo here, you can't buy it as a digital download. They actually ship the disc to you. Finally, at a price of £16.99, I suspect it's not exactly going to attract many people who aren't predisposed to indulge in a little 80s nostalgia. Video and links to other bits of coverage follows...

EDIT: After a rush of requests, they're planing to actually do a digital-download option for a cheaper price. Will keep you informed.

If you want to know more, just One More Game is all over it. Here's their review of the full thing and here's an interview with the Devs.

And a question for the room - what actual C64 and Spectrum games would you like to see receive this kind of "deluxe remake" approach? And, equally, what would you pay for them?