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Retronauts Episode 425: Years in Review Revue - 1972 & ’82

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Game Developer Interviews - Zevius

Zevius was originally released in japan in in 19 82 or so, and came out here four years later. It's a top down shooter where you fight enemies in the air, and you also have a bomb that can hit ground based enemies. The visuals are almost pre rendered, with great shadowing effects on enemies, really cool landscapes that are scrolling beneath you. When i saw it in the arcades in 19 1982 or so, i was like, oh my god, this game is so cool. And i loved it. But over here, that game may as well not even exist. Like, when you talk about it, either people are indifferent, or they're like,

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