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Came out in 2016. Seems to have done ok. I guess small games like this sometimes get overlooked. 

The youtube episodes were in small box or in other languages. I'll have to rent it from the library. 

I have the same problem with blogs. It's amazing what I miss sometimes. I wonder what my typing hards are doing on their own. 

I still have vivid memories of playing Xevious in a mall arcade. I would always play that one and Berzerk. Then I'd try new things. 

It's always been a sandbox of destruction, if you want it to be. I kind of wanted to hunt for these lost South American ruins in one quest line, but I couldn't figure out how to find them. They would tell you the province but not the specific location. So I just did whatever was nearby and marked, mostly stunts and stuff. I've yet to figure out this complicated map screen. 

I love that collection. WIsh They'd do another one. Activision made some of the best games for the Atari. 

Sweet! I saw a tri-plane in the intro. I'll have to watch episode one over lunch today. Thanks!

I dug in deep with those instruction manuals. Thankfully they included them. I needed them.

Xevious was one of my favorite arcade games. I think what captivated me was the visuals and sound. Not many games looked as sharp or had sound that crisp in 1983.

I didn't know about the adaptive AI. I think I'll change my strategy of trying to shoot everything on screen and be more selective.

Just a correction i thought I'd mention: "Endoh designed the enemies that way since he figured that real fighter pilots would [wouldn't] want to just collide with the enemy if it could all be avoided."

Great review! The NES version of Taito's Sky Shark isn't great either. Also, glad you mentioned TwinBee, another favorite of mine.

I was getting so overwelmed with Just Cause 4 the last few days. The area is gigantic and there are so many points of interest. I finally got over it though and just started focusing on local objectives, doing them one after the other. It's crazy how huge and detailed these games are getting. 

Yea, those shmups can be tough. I need that code.