Ranphon

$4.99

Release Date:: Jul 28, 2023
Developer:: LGV
Publisher:: LGV
Platforms:: Windows

Indie Casual Action Family Sharing Single-player

About This Game

Take control of the small spaceship Phon in this frantic side-scrolling space shooter in which your main goal is to destroy as many enemies' spaceships as possible in a single run. Random powerups should help you reach further distances and destroy more enemies' spaceships in your action-packed run, but your skill will be the ultimate asset to reach for a great score!

> Main features:
- Upgradable spaceship with over 10+ powerups that randomly drop;
- Fire exhaust/cool-down mechanism;
- Regular shot with unlimited number of bullets;
- Special and limited drop-bombs that blasts a greater number of enemies';
- Enemies' spaceships with increasing difficulty;
- Retro-style graphics;
- Hi-Score autosaving.

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User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Negative

1 user reviews

Positive

User #033889 english

13 min at review

Not Recommended

This is an okay start for a retro-style game, but it's missing some things that Atari 2600 developers would have remembered. Such as: a way to recharge your shields, more than one ship per game, and a reason to keep going to the right and not just sit in place forever (for example, fuel dumps and a fuel gauge that counts down until you refuel, or some kind of harder enemy that chases you from the left). Even if you had a reason to keep moving, where are you going anyway? The terrain doesn't change and it doesn't look like there is an end. It doesn't appear to have much variety of enemies. And for some reason they can ghost through the terrain while you can't. So no real strategy either. Some modern enhancements such as levels and goals would also help. Some Atari games even had that, although the earliest ones only had a level-select switch (which this game also doesn't have). I'm not sure why the description calls them "spaceships" when they're obviously copter drones. Did t...