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SNES-A-Day: Axelay

Axelay

Time Played: 3 minutes

Floating sky asteroids destroyed: 6
What can be said about Axelay? It's basically "Mode 7: The Game 2" (sequel to Pilotwings...). Even at my age, I was like WOW IMPRESSIVE GRAPHICS, then I got nauseous and had to sit with my head between my knees for 30 minutes.

Shooters (or "shmups") like this are very aggravating, and just take so many playthroughs to memorize that it is often not worth it. I especially hate the mechanic of enemies forming a circle around you, requiring you to quickly switch to yous shoots-in-circle mode to survive. Bleh

This is the last "A" game in my sea-warped box of SNES games. At first I felt so relieved - it's been a rough journey. But looking ahead, it looks like things are only going to get rougher. Batman games, Battletoads, Bass fishing games, and Bubsys litter my path forward. I thought this would get easier, but the view from here breaks my neck. Maybe I'll rethink my alphabetic policy...

About Paul

Paul has been playing games since he cut his teeth on an old Atari 2600 in the early 1990s. He has played every console generation since, and currently jams on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and DSi. He proudly does not own a Wii, and goes back and forth on whether he'd want a gaming PC (he did his fair share of Mac gaming back in the day though). Games-wise, Paul came up in the world a pretty big JRPG nerd, but now he's mellowed plays mostly anything good or weird. He does maintain a pretty impressive collection Playstation 1-era RPGs.