Naxat appreciation thread

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:41 pm

There's a lot of talk about the collected output of Cave, Psikyo, Compile etc but not much about Naxat, at least not lately. So here's a Naxat appreciation thread. I do not profess to know much about Naxat myself. Where they both a developer and a producer or did they merely produce games develped by others? When it comes to diversity at least, no one can beat Naxat.

My own current favourite from Naxat is W-Rings on the PCE. What's yours?

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:15 pm

Naxat developed stuff in-house, as well as publish games from other developers. Most of their shooters were developed by different third party teams.

On the PC-Engine the Naxat logo is for the most part a mark of quality. A very good software company at the time. Unfortunately they kind of imploded during the 32-Bit age.

My favorite Naxat game is Nexzr (developed by Kaneko/Interstate, same team as Star Parodier). Nexzr might even be my favorite PCE shooter.

glitch · Post by **glitch** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:17 pm

i was looking into Naxat a while ago, and found that they did some nice puzzlers worth looking into too:

Soroban Gu on Wonderswan (color) is pretty neat. makes great use of the systems double d-pad kinda control layout in tate mode to streamline a vaguely Yoshi's Cookie like puzzler with a far nicer chaining system.

Puzzle de Shoubuyo! Wootama-chan for Gameboy Color has a nice cutesy bizarre art-style and gets pretty manic with huge screen-clearing actions. (still need to find a copy of this some time...)

ave · Post by **ave** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:03 pm

Thank you for everything Naxat. You made games that will always leave a deep impression on me, like Planet Joker.

w-ring · Post by **w-ring** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:36 pm

W-Ring is fantastic!!

One of my favorite games on the PCE. I am still looking for a few warp points on it.

Any other W-Ring fans out there lurking?

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:11 pm

Never gotten too much into W-Ring really, might play it again one of these days.

Nexzr rocks! Simple but fluid gameplay, right amount of challenge and good graphics. Amazing!

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:19 pm

Yes, back in the day "Naxat" meant quality.

Nexzr is indeed amazing, it's the best PC Engine shmup and one of my favorite shmups altogether, along with the most amazing 8-bit shmup of them all: Naxat's Summer Carnival '92 - Recca.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:59 pm

Nexzr and Alzadick make me want a Duo.

beam · Post by **beam** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:58 pm

w-ring wrote:W-Ring is fantastic!!

One of my favorite games on the PCE. I am still looking for a few warp points on it.

Any other W-Ring fans out there lurking?

Yes one more there !
One of the best horiz ever made !
I enjoy it more than any Gradius, its source of inspiration. And what a soundtrack ! The best chiptunes ever made !

About Nexzr : great vert but a little bit unfair when naked. Short of that it's a wonderfull oldschool simple shmup.

There's Psycho Chaser too. A fun little pedestrian shmup. According to some source I forgot it's made by the team who made Override. The latter is published by Data East, so it's a little bit out of topic, but it's a real gem too. A fast vert like Battle Garrega, furious shooting at its best !

edit : Psycho Chaser and Override were made by Sting. They made a sequel/remix of Override named Last Batallion on x68000.

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:32 pm

I thought W ring or w/e was good, good chip tunes but seemed a little easy. I'm genuinely interested in what makes some think it is one of the best horis.

Alec · Post by **Alec** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:51 am

I've got to say, Alien Crush and Devil's Crush can not be topped.... except by real pinball...but until the day i have the space for a full home arcade, or build up the courage to step outside the door, they can not be topped.

beam · Post by **beam** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:38 pm

No_not_like_Quake wrote:I thought W ring or w/e was good, good chip tunes but seemed a little easy. I'm genuinely interested in what makes some think it is one of the best horis.

It's not that easy on hard.
I play on normal but, what is great, is the ambiance, a sort of dark universe but not as gory as the darksneit doujin stuff. It's great as a simple shmup, a bit on the easy side but long enough to not be bored with. Moreover it gets tougher later on. You have a choice of alternate stages so it add a bit of variety between credits (even though the alternate stages seems better than most non hidden ones). No shmup as to be hard as nail to be enjoyable

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This game is 50% gameplay, 50% cheese (design music). It's a sort of Gradius for the retro art freaks

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Same thing with Override : it's easy on the 1st loop but enjoyable. The 2nd is way harder. it's best to get a lot of extends during the 1st one. The gameplay is fast n furious. Graphics are not constantly top art but, due to the speed, you can't focus on them anyway. Music is quality enough to be enjoyed during gameplay.

Both games are appreciated if you feel them. It has to tick with you, it's almost like love. You may love someone your neighbor may not.

It's out of control in the shmup love area