Cycle Chaser H-5
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Mysterious aliens have occupied a scorched Earth.
A lone pilot seizes the skies.
What is it they’re after?
Cycle Chaser H-5 is a horizontal arcade-style shoot-em-up. Burn through waves of impenetrable foes with a sleek arsenal of weapons. Defeat foes to harvest their energy, then activate the powerful ‘Super Tatsujin’ system for maximum power and defense!
HIGHLIGHTS
- Stylish hand-drawn and vector-rendered 2D graphics
- Grungy FM soundtrack, produced in YM2612
- 3 Weapon styles w/ 3 Attack types each: Specialize in your favorite, or go hybrid
- Accessible for all experience levels with Free Run mode
- Track your scores and discover the truth behind your foes in My Chronicle mode
Game Discussion
Steam User 3
whispering to my girlfriend in the theater:
That’s the fish boss in Darius.
That’s the big mothership stage in level 3 of R-Type.
That’s the Gradius ship in the shape of a C you have to shoot the middle of.
That’s like ah, treasure games where they display a bunch of nonsense text before a boss fight…
Steam User 0
A good solid shmup! Lots of patterns from enemies and bosses, multiple player ships... all the things you'd expect from a fully-featured shmup.
I like that chiptune soundtrack is FM-synth based, like how old arcade games or the sega genesis were, when most other modern indie chiptune soundtracks go for the expected NES sound.
Normal difficulty is pretty easy if you've played shmups before, but there are hard and very hard modes. So I'm sure it would take a while to master.
Steam User 0
Makes good use of the 16:9 aspect ratio. Weapon choices are reminiscent of Thunder Force games, streamlined with no powerloss. Enemy designs and bullet patterns are visually striking. Difficulty is mostly reading-based. Features a consistent aesthetic in all aspects from beginning to end. Well-made, no complaints.
Steam User 1
Man, Cycle Chaser is such an awesome SHMUP, there's so much good things I can say about. The use of colors and graphics feels really great to look at, both the style of the enemies and the color language for the bullets pop really well!
The music is really stellar, very reminiscent of oldschool Megadrive era of gaming. As far as difficulty goes, this might be more on the easy side, but don't get fooled, the bullet patterns are very creative and can easily blindside you. I've gotten to the last stage a few times and I feel like with enough practice, I could beat it on the Advanced Difficulty.
All in all, seeing a solo dev create such a great title is very inspiring. My one and only minor complaint is the walls blending in with the background during the gravity based boss while the screen is dark blue, but it's nothing that ruins my feel on this game.
Highly recommended!
Steam User 2
Pure nostalgia
I love it
Steam User 0
Very short, but fun for what it is.