/vr/ - Retro Games

Galactic: The Vision Game, or as it got released - Galactic Xmas Remix on Amiga. Totally wild scrolling playfield shooter with a ton of depth and secrets to it.

Rumor has it it was intended to be an arcade game - the lone developer, Stavros Fasoulas, intended it to be his magnum opus, after having rocked the C64 scene on stuff like Delta, Sanxion and Armalyte. Publishers weren't interested despite a demo of the original version making it to magazine coverdisks and Fasoulas having star power in the European gaming press, so his magnum opus was released in full as an Xmas version, again on a magazine coverdisk.

Despite having festive resprites (the original protagonist was a king, lost in his dreams as toys battled over a game board) it's one of the best pure 'get as far as you can' score run games on the system. It has quirks that go unexplained (you have two lifebars for two different colours you can switch between by running into the other you, and your life drains, so careful switching/building up life for the other colour by killing stuff is key) but I fucking loved it and still do.