| Re:KOUTETSU YOUSAI STRAHL? |  |
What's this? A horizontally-scrolling shooter developed and distributed in Japanese arcades in early 1992, with no home versions released until now; Strahl's most distinguishing features are its aimable rotating missile weapon and its unique loadout system which lets you
Why should I care? UPL had a reputation for making games that were idiosyncratic to the point of unplayability, but Strahl's fairly approachable without coming off as cookie-cutter. (It's also cursed with a fairly straightforward counterstop, so don't bother attempting to play for score.
Useless fact: UPL declared bankruptcy just a few months after the release of Strahl, and a significant chunk of former UPL personnel migrated directly to the studio Athena where they worked on several other shooting games, among them the SNES game Biometal.
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also eher was für Leute die sonst schon alles kennen ;)