Hype - MSX shmup

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:42 pm

I've been wanting to make a review of this game to submit it for the site for a long time, but as the main site haven't been updated for ages, I never did it.

This has always been on my yearly top 25 list, it's among the most obscure titles that appear on those lists for sure. It's a very unknown MSX 1 shmup, it's very unknown even among MSX users.

I just found a video of it, so I would like to share with you guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qNwuANesg

It's a very simplistic game, but the action is at a blazing speed, and non-stop. There are no bosses, no complicated bullet patterns, no cut-scene between levels (The action doesn't even stop between levels) and the background is just some stars. All this is compensated with the non-stop action and smart enemy placement which makes this an adrenalin-pumping shmup.

It deserved to be more known. You guys should give it a go, even more if you are a fan of old-school shmup action.

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:18 pm

Cool looking 8-bit game- its the sort of game i'd have spent hours playing when I was a kid.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:37 pm

Woops, commented the vid but not in here:

Watch out: behind you! Flying cashews and cheese curls!

Not much in the way of graphics, which is a shame, but the technical aspects of it look pretty nice! I should write this to a disk and play it on my MSX sometime.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:56 pm

Awesome

Will give it a try later.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:59 am

Looks great. In some way it reminds me of Space Disorder.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:12 pm

huh!?

I vaguely remember playing this back in the days.
Can't say it made a lasting impression of any kind though.

Hidden treasures were stuff like "Guardic" and "Alpharoid" for me................

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:22 pm

Wow! That game looks really awesome. The variety of enemy types is nice and their unique patterns are pretty cool, especially when there are 2 or 3 types on screen at one time. Seems far more sophisticated than something like Sky Jaguar, for instance (not that Sky Jaguar isn't a fine game).

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:16 pm

Herr Schatten wrote:Looks great. In some way it reminds me of Space Disorder.

Fun fact: Space Disorder development begun as a remake of Hype.

You can still see a lot from Hype in Space Disorder.

And this video doesn't show even half of the enemies. New enemies keep showing up up until about zone 10.

beam · Post by **beam** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:41 am

There are many similarities with Nomltest (doujin).

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:12 pm

Shatterhand wrote:
Herr Schatten wrote:Looks great. In some way it reminds me of Space Disorder.
Fun fact: Space Disorder development begun as a remake of Hype. You can still see a lot from Hype in Space Disorder.

And this video doesn't show even half of the enemies. New enemies keep showing up up until about zone 10.

Look at the thread I reveal Space Disorder to the world:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... sorder+msx

I had already mentioned the Hype influence