It's futuristic, it's retro, it's ... futuretro?

December 3, 2002 6:15 AM

How I love Mutant Storm [demos available for Windows, Linux and, yes, Mac!]. It's amazing the dross that the big players can come up with while games like this aren't even available in the shops. Yay for the web, I say.
posted by Pretty_Generic (9 comments total)

For the joypadless like me, I recommend using w, s, a, d and the mouse.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 6:16 AM on December 3, 2002

Couldn't get the hang of using the mouse. All-keyboard seemed to be the best for me, and the most Robotron-like. Double sticks would be ideal, though. Sigh..
posted by zsazsa at 8:27 AM on December 3, 2002

People with powerful PCs really should turn on OpenGL antialiasing to smooth out the lines... RivaTuner is the way to go for those with NVIDIA cards.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 8:42 AM on December 3, 2002

I have to thank Radio shack for their Playstation to usb adaptor. The game appears to be much easy with a joystick rather than with the mouse/keyboard combo.
posted by Darke at 8:54 AM on December 3, 2002

oh, hell yes! these guys rule. Space Tripper rocked my world with eyecandy and constant action. Was wondering what else they'd been brewing. OSX needs a few more good games - and if they come from small, independent setups like this, all the better.

Anyone seen the OSX release of Unreal Tournament 2k3 yet? didn't think so.
posted by salsamander at 10:21 AM on December 3, 2002

salsamander: OSX needs a few more good games

We've got top men working on it, Dr. Jones. Admittedly, few of these games are quite as Minterrific as the subject of the post, but we have to start somewhere.
posted by britain at 10:32 AM on December 3, 2002

Reminds me of my old favorite, Battle-Girl.
posted by delapohl at 10:56 AM on December 3, 2002

It's a shame that more indie games don't get the press they deserve. My favorite indie game right now has to be Pontifex
posted by yangwar at 11:26 AM on December 3, 2002

I thought Pontifex was my own dirty little secret. glad there are others...
posted by gravelshoes at 11:48 AM on December 3, 2002