Andromeda Wing

This is considerably more fun than it has any right to be.
Feels like a homage to the Bitmap Brothers: sweet graphics, cool music, loads of power ups and a brutal difficulty level.
This is my idea of what a retro game should be. Really enjoyed what I've seen so far, though I've yet to catch a even a glimpse of the level three boss, despite a couple of dozen plays.

Low rez, limited options, shallow. What's there to love? I've played through and completed Xenon 2 and that's what caused me to buy this game; it's unashamedly a Xenon 2 clone albeit nearly thirty years too late. I'm OK with it. Xenon 2 isn't remembered for so long because it was crap. Andromeda Wing has that one-more-go factor happening and some nicely rendered sprites. For five bucks, a very welcome trip down memory lane.Dev continues to update as well.
I'm running the game with reshade to add some scanline and raster effects and it looks great.

I really like this game. Not exactly why as there are a few issues I have with it, but for the most part is a solid shooter with good enemy patterns and nice platypus-style graphics.
It has lots of potential, but it needs to fix a few things like bosses following you but my ship is too slow to get away and your life drains so incredibly fast that you die. Also the music is repetitive, bland techno unce unce unce every level and there is no boss music at all. The resolution is set at 640x480 in full screen and only slightly higher in windowed. Finally there is no way to earn extra lives either.

XENON 3 in everything but name and therewith an nnmitigated fun factor experienced way beyond the price point of this game. Grab it on sale or at full price - worth every penny. This games reeks of the love poured into it with a generous seasoning of old school. Smooth, polished, not overly complicated controls and just get stuck right in and that was exactly what we did in the late '80's with most 16 Bit classics. This is Xenon 2 reimagined, a blast from the past brought right up to date but still old school enough to bring a smile to your face when you play it over and over. A really good shoot 'em up worthy of an 8/10.
Conclusion: a love letter to the Amiga's golden years and it's a MEGABLAST!

Basically i bought this because i saw it and it was clearly Xenon 2, even almost exact copies of the enemies. Nonetheless it's pretty ok on its own and it's always nice to take a walk back on memory lane and enjoy the experience.
There are some things that could use some work, like being able to have resolutions (steam overlay isn't really usable), the power ups and things like speed seem to be gone when you change level, the hit box and dmg are not very intuitive... sometimes it seems you can't avoid some dmg and in that sense, some bosses are weird to fight