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"Worst On Switch" list
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I do think Sterdenn could benefit from a "traditional mode", maybe as an unlockable. The normal game is certainly fun, but having a handful of set levels that are static that players can really learn and fine-tune, witb leaderboards, would be pretty great. The current Daily Run kinda has that idea where everyone plays the same run with the same drops, but you only play it once. I'd love to see persistent levels that let you develop routing techniques, etc.
Bummer about the IREM collections. I'll look into them and see if the issues are worth passing on them. There are definitely a few games in there I would love to have, particularly Mr. Heli.
Also: I don't think CYGNI is on Switch, at least not in North America. I've never come across it.
You're right about Cygni. I was sure it was on Switch.
Mr Heli is such a cool game, super hard but highly replayable.
I always loved Mr. Heli at a local campground. They had Mr. Heli, R-Type, Raiden, 1943, and Boogie Wings. For the longest time, I thoight I had imagined Boogie Wings because I couldn't remember the name and nobody else seemed to know about a shooter where your plane has a hook and you can jump out of it to highjack other planes. They had a few other games I hadn't seen in an arcade before, either, like Kickle Cubicle.
Lots of quarter-munchers! When my local arcade was open it was very focused on fighting games, and I spent a lot of time watching people play those. I have no recollection of ever seeing a shmup there.
Yeah, this place didn't really have any fighting games at all. Had a few pinball machines, all the stuff I mentioned, a Crystal Caverns machine, Missile Command, Joust, and a light gun shooter that didnt have any artwork on the cabinet and I really dont know what game it was, but it was Western-themed. Honestly, a pretty big arcade for a campground.