We are in a golden era for arcade games in a retro style, and British Bitmap Bitmap Bitmap is one of many developers.
His upcoming effort, The Insty He-Man and Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction, are developed simultaneously with a very expected 2D terminator: no fate-dwie classic franchise from a past era.
This is obviously not First He-Man plays, but he can already have a claim for being the best.
Those at a newborn age may resemble primitive efforts from the 80s Gold in systems such as Commodore 64, but it is a granular diablo-esque hack-’-Slasher He-Man: Grayskull’s power On GBA, which comes to our mind immediately. Successor to equally soulless He-Man: Defender of Grayskull On PS2, which at least had great box art.
In this completely modern effort there are few surprises that are published by Limited Run Games, so expect a physical bumper to be announced in the future.
Our demo – early compilation hidden in one of the rear rooms Gamescom -I saw how he takes the role of the title He-Man with the captain of the Royal Guard Teel, also available in two players. It will be fascinating to see how many elected characters he goes to the final compilation, with man and arms already announced.
All this is based on the original cartoon from the 80s, licensed by Mattel, so you don’t have to worry that art uses this terrible restart CG. As the Bitmap Bureau improve became, this game looks like she could leave the arcada in the early 90s, although it apparently does it at the technical level that would not necessarily be possible.
Is plot Sprite scaling, with levy enemies on the stage from the foreground and will be blown into the screen, and La Tmnt: Turtles over time.
All the souls of the characters are incredibly Chunky, from Battle Cat is an obvious attraction in the opening interruption. Unfortunately, we did not have the opportunity to control it during the demo version, although judging by screenshots that will be possible later in the game.
The fight mostly subscribers the principles of final fight, but uses more buttons than the classic brrawler on the side of Capcom. For example, you have delicate and massive attacks Square AND Triangle accordingly, as well as a block command Wheel.
As with most belt games, connecting the buttons allows you to release a special attack that uses the health segment. You can complement it by eating various food items on the floor, such as apples and others.
However, you also have throws mechanics in this game, which can cause by pressing Cross/x AND Wheel At the same time, allowing you to effectively summarize enemies. Skeleton creatures are sometimes armed with rifles and firearms, so this ability to attack enemies from afar-just remember that at least in the case of He-Man he throws a sword, so you are powerless until his blade returns to his hand.
The artistic direction is in place, and the first level takes place at the Royal Palace and around Eternia. It looks absolutely like a cartoon location, with deep pink architecture. In the end you will fight Trapjj in the throne room, which will be a thrill for people familiar with the source material.
But even if you don’t really like he-man, it is clear that there is a high level of quality here; While it contains a few surprises, nice animations and the employ of Hit-Stun give you attacks, and the screen becomes confused when it is filled with enemies.
Bitmap Bureau claims that the full game will contain 12 levels, and although we did not see much at the opening stage that surprised us, we played enough to know that it will provide a high -quality beating.
Because the team probably focused on the 2D terminator: without fate until October 31, we suspect that there will be greater announcements, that HE-man will take place in 2026. But as great fans of the genre and source material, it is already mixing up to the top of our wish list.
Will you rule Grayskull’s power when this retro Romp slows down? Which character from Masters of the Universe is you hoping to play the most? Lift the sword in the comments section below.
