Download thexder neo

Following the waves of success of retro remakes like Mega Man 9 and Bionic Commando: Rearmed , Square Enix decided to dig through their back catalog for a dead franchise to revive.

What they found was Thexder , an old school space-action shooter from Japan that was ported to PC in the mid 80's. The series was very short-lived, but many fans still regard it as a classic alongside Life Force and Gradius. Retro-remakes come in two flavors nowadays. Either the developer shows an interest in "modernizing" the look or they keep the nostalgic style intact. Thexder NEO has been recreated with all new 3D models and enhanced backgrounds.

While Thexder NEO is sparse on variety, the overall effect of having a retro throwback visual style is handled well with a few graphical improvements such as pretty particle effects and much smoother animations than the original. The soundtrack to the Thexder NEO seems as if they re-recorded an original 8-bit theme with orchestral instruments. It sounds great and is sort of catchy too, but while idling on the icon in the Cross Media Bar XMB of the PSP, the original retro theme plays in the background and its sounds so much better!

It is a shame that Thexder NEO doesn't offer the original theme as an unlockable or as an bonus extra because I think it the most memorable part of the whole experience. When people talk about old-school games, they are usually looking back with pretty thick rose-tinted glasses. Thexder NEO is a product of a long-forgotten age in gaming history that is seeing a bit of revival lately, but unlike many other remakes, Thexder NEO is sticking to its guns by not moving out of the past.

This is as basic as many games can get. Thexder NEO is a game about piloting a robot that can transform into an airship through a series of admittedly difficult levels. If there was a story, you wouldn't know because like the old-school games of the past, Thexder NEO has ZERO story elements, which means the only concern is survival and blasting away at everything that moves on the screen.

The only hint of a story that I could find is on the PlayStation Network which says: "During a routine survey, the interstellar weapons platform Laevina detects Nedium, an asteroid of unknown origin, and soon finds itself in the grip of the planetoid's ultramagnetic field. Shipwrecked atop an impregnable fortress of rock, the starship turns to its last resort - the Hyper Dual Armor prototype Thexder.

Like Xevious and Galaga before it, Thexder NEO throws you into battle right away with little to no time to learn the controls. As the robot, you run around shooting your laser at the enemies and pick up shield and health orbs that restore their respective meters. An overshield protects you from attacks for a brief time, but also deals damage to any enemy that touches you. At any time, you can transform into the airship and fly around each of the ten levels, still shooting a solid blue laser.

The Fire Hawk robot had the same design as the Thexder: the main laser, shield, and ability to transform into a jet. It also had upgrades to allow it to launch guided missiles, and use special weapons found throughout the game. Obtaining special weapons caused a weapon carrier droid to be deployed, and if positioned correctly, would act as a shield against enemies.

Graphics were improved from the original game, and game play was divided into sub-levels, with the fourth sub-level containing a 'boss' enemy.

It was also possible to restart later games at the beginning of a level previously visited. Screenshots from MobyGames. Reiskellon 0 point. Played this to death back in the day until I conquered it. Went through the first 16 levels, then level 17 was a repeat of level 2 and so on.

I finally quit the game after level EdL 1 point DOS version. Took me over twenty years and nearly attempts had with Tandy SX in to finally defeat the Super Computer on Level Thanks to having to record gameplay with my own custom music I created for each level I had no choice but to complete the game. Vince V. One of the few classic games that really hit the mark with the transforming element. Bushman 1 point. First PC game I ever owned. Loved playing it, ,would love to get my hands on it again :.

The levels are large and difficult and accidentally picking up a special weapon you don't want is frustrating, but I have fond memories of playing this game!