Research for Game Project

As we talked about the game we want to develop the first idea that came to mind was Contra. Contra is obviously a really old game but the idea of controlling a commando character into battle is awesome. Although this idea is my favorite, there are many spaceship, fighter jet games for a scrolling shooter. Below are a few games I looked at:

Heli-Strike:
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/4588/Heli_Strike/
Verticle scroll shooter with combat helicopter.
Modern Combat.

I like the concept of operating a helicopter.
I liked the mouse controles. The first level was
way too easy. The second level was a little too hard.


Parasite Strike:
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/12371/Parasite_Strike/
Horizontal scroll shooter with jet fighter.
Modern Combat.

I like the idea of having upgrades for your ship. I
like the idea of having end bosses for each level.
I didn't like the controlls with this game. The
arrow keys were good but using c to shoot seemed weird.


S4:
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/12372/S4/
Verticle scroll shooter with space fighter.
Sci-Fi shooter.

I like the concepts here and I like the upgrades feature.
The controls were fine (arrow keys with space to fire).
The game play was really slow. I would prefer a faster
paced game.


Captain Badazz:
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/11988/Captain_Badazz/
Horizontal scroll shooter with futuristic human character.
Sci-Fi shooter.

I like the futuristic shooter concept with a human character.
The graphics are really old. It's a little to simple. The
controls are good (arrow keys and spacebar).


Metal Slug 2 (Online Version).
http://www.1980-games.com/us/action-games/flash-games/metal-slug.php
Horizontal scroll shooter with human character.
Modern warfare.

I like the concept of a tough soldier character. The graphics
are a little old. The controls were terrible.
http://www.1980-games.com/us/action-games/flash-games/metal-slug.php


I really like the idea of Metal Slug and I think it would be awesome to incorporate some of these ideas in our game. I realize that having a human character would be difficult to put together but I drew a quick sketch of a soldier character anyway.