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• Developer: ABA Games
• Genre: Action
• Works On: Windows 95-98, Windows XP

Reviews

Gohst
From Kenta Cho of ABA Games comes this odd little shooter. It bears many similarities to his other title Gunroar, but was never advertised as heavily. That said, it's still a good find, it only lacks the laser-beam-edged graphics of its bigger brother. In place of those are very traditional graphics in the vein of the classic arcade shmups.
The gameplay goes like this: Move your ship wildly around the screen and fire like crazy. Enemies fly around and try to kill you, so dodge the ammunition they dispense. Launch a bomb (for killing violent land-based enemies) by pressing [X] and collect the orbs dropped by destroyed enemies.
Collect enough of those orbs and you get yourself a mini-ship to collect. This mini-ship launches you into hyper-drive where your ship no longer waves back and forth, but stays facing ahead, and you fire away at the enemies with glee.
It's a fun game, though not as technically accomplished as Gunroar. It's still nice to know where things begin.