The game can be absolutely brutal at times, especially for those who aren't used to the challenging difficulty
of early arcade games from the 90s.
Arcade Archives — Shock Troopers 2nd Squad (Hamster Corporation, $ 7.99)-- Inspired
by early arcade games, 2nd Squad shakes up the run - and - gun series formula in aggressive fashion thanks to an injection of speed and added style.
Early arcade games like Pac - Man and Space Invaders are gauntlets to be run, where a high score is the goal and failure is all - but - guaranteed.
They have less meaningful artistic depth than
the early arcade games.
An early arcade game offered a similar approach: side - scrolling beat - em - ups were certainly the rage around this time, and I remember pumping at least a few quarters into this game back in the day.
Recreating the core tenets of
the early arcade game, Aqua Kitty tasked players with protecting a pack of subaquatic, diver - suit clad felines from a steady succession of foes who were hell - bent on transporting the cats to the water's surface.