Greek mythology won’t be the very first thing to come back to thoughts once you consider a vertical-scrolling shooter, however that did not cease Namco from releasing Phelios in 1988, and it hasn’t stopped Hamster from including mentioned title to its arcade assortment this week (from 2nd February).
There’s most likely many on the market who have not stumbled throughout Phelios earlier than (it spent a good period of time as a Japanese unique), so we’ll provide the rundown. On this vertically-scrolling shooter, you play as Apollo (god of, like, every little thing), using on his Pegasus to rescue the goddess Artemis. Because the style suggests, nay requires, there are an entire bunch of mythological beasties so that you can take out alongside the best way and a boss battle caping-off every degree.
If the prospect of flying alongside, slicing down foes seems like a great one to you (and are available on, that does sound good), we’re afraid there is not any such fight right here. As a substitute, Apollo makes use of his sword to fireside out projectiles — you recognize, like all swords do — which may be set to both a normal hit or a charged assault.
For a more in-depth take a look at what the sport has in retailer, try the next screenshots to get a style of the model:
Phelios will probably be flying onto the Arcade Archives tomorrow (thanks, Nintendo Everything) and it is possible for you to to select it up from the Swap eShop for $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29.
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