From Gunstar Heroes to Ikaruga, celebrating one of videogames' best.
Here’s hoping it’s a back catalogue that might grow again someday soon.
It’s an ambitious, infectiously energetic thing whose many ideas are held together with some enjoyable crunchy combat.
There’s more, though.
Bangai-O’s screen-shredding special attack relies on you making the absolute most of the carnage rattling around you.
And slowdown itself becomes a useful partner in your tactical thinking.
How exactly do you approach that legacy and do it justice?
You know: that one.
It’s wonderfully creative, with every new level introducing a gimmick or two.
And that grabbiness at the centre of it makes for a game that’s refreshingly tactile too.
Squint, and the 2D action of Mischief Makers suggests an evolution of Gunstar Heroes.
Oh yes, and it’s absolutely blinding fun to blast through, too.
