Astro Tripper on PS3

robthebanks · Post by **robthebanks** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:13 pm

Did a quick search, nothing popped up though. Anyone know if this is any good? http://pompomgames.com/astrotripper.htm

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:25 pm

Shiny. It's by PomPom, so I suppose it can't be all bad.

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:43 pm

robthebanks wrote:Did a quick search, nothing popped up though. Anyone know if this is any good? http://pompomgames.com/astrotripper.htm

Well, there's a thread I started some time ago:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

Still haven't tried the game though. Actually I totally forgot about this.

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:18 pm

It's okay, yeah. Quite a bit like Uridium. I'm not sure if I like it quite as much as the original PC version, though I can't really explain why. It feels as though there are far more enemy waves on each level, but that might be me misremembering how it was to begin with.

As far as PomPom stuff goes, it's not quite up there with either of the Mutant Storm games on the 360, but it's about the next best thing.

Plastic · Post by **Plastic** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:24 pm

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:47 am

can anyone say whether this has additional levels, compared to space tripper?
trailer looks more remake than sequel, that's all.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:08 pm

its a lot better than i thought! its a good game sorta ROBOTRON w/Vanguard. i really like the level designs so far. ah, its ok for $5.

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MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:59 pm

ROBOTRON wrote:its a lot better than i thought! its a good game sorta ROBOTRON w/Vanguard. i really like the level designs so far. ah, its ok for $10.

Isn't it only $5? I bought it from the EU store a while ago for ~£3 or whatever it was. Decent little game - the score attack levels are good for a quick blast.

Crayon · Post by **Crayon** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:28 am

Yeah, the game is only $5. I'll probably pick it up soon, can't go wrong for the price of a lunch.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:18 am

Gotta head on down to my local Target store and pick up another one of those cool USA region PSN cards to d/l this Astro Tripper shmup game. Can't go wrong with the intial $4.99 USD asking price. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

kennyrh · Post by **kennyrh** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:20 pm

Oh yeah . . .definitely worth the price. Frantic little shooter with plenty to do - looks nice so what more do you want for 3 quid.

Pick it up . . .

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:39 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Gotta head on down to my local Target store and pick up another one of those cool USA region PSN cards to d/l this Astro Tripper shmup game. Can't go wrong with the intial $4.99 USD asking price. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

damn USA bastards.....when are we gonna get the PSN cards in canada?

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:07 pm

MadScientist wrote:
ROBOTRON wrote:its a lot better than i thought! its a good game sorta ROBOTRON w/Vanguard. i really like the level designs so far. ah, its ok for $10.
Isn't it only $5? I bought it from the EU store a while ago for ~£3 or whatever it was. Decent little game - the score attack levels are good for a quick blast.

oops.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:25 am

It's decent and worth the $5, but I find the Defenderish controls a bit questionable.

I'd rather have Sidearms style fire control (fire left or right, no Flip button) and movement (no thrust/inertia/drift, release joystick and you stop moving). The movement feels more like you're controlling a hovertank/Cybersled than a spaceship.

The combo system in this is good. Killing enemies builds up the combo meter, and you need to keep the kills coming so it doesn't tick down. Filling it doubles the multiplier (max 8x) and gives you a bonus point item (5000 x multiplier).

IMO, this rates right in between Mutant Storm and MS Empire.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:32 pm

getting more and more hooked on this one. arachnophobia, dreadnoughts were both awesome!

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:16 pm

The inertia doesn't bother me too much. When I die, I get the feeling that I screwed up rather than blaming the controls which is a sign that they got it about right.

Any huge scores to report yet? I think my highest rank is #15 on the Flypod challenge (I forget exactly but somewhere around 1.3 or 1.5mill).

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