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diff --git a/content/blog/2020-12-28-neon-drive.md b/content/blog/2020-12-28-neon-drive.md deleted file mode 100644 index 3c31122..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2020-12-28-neon-drive.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2020-12-28 -title = "Neon Drive: A Nostalgic 80s Arcade Racing Game" -description = "" -draft = false -+++ - -# Game Description - -[Neon Drive](https://store.steampowered.com/app/433910/Neon_Drive/) presents -itself as a simple arcade-style game inspired by the arcade race games of the -1980s, yet it has managed to take up hours of my life without much effort. The -game description, directly from the Steam page, is intriguing enough to entice -anyone who's been looking for a good arcade racing game: - -> Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic arcade game that will make your brain -> melt. You've been warned. From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to -> exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all. - -# Gameplay - -The game holds true to the -[retro-futurism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrofuturism) style, including -chrome female robots, pixelated arcade machines, and -[outrun](https://teddit.net/r/outrun/) aesthetics. - -Each level of the game is shown as a separate arcade machine. Each arcade -machine lets you play on Normal, Hard, Insane, Practice, and Free Run. To beat -each arcade, you must reach the end of the level without crashing your car into -the various obstacles on the course. Basic levels let you move left or right to -avoid blocks in the road. Later levels put you through other tests, such as -dodging traffic or blasting asteroids. - -The game uses synthwave music to keep you on track to make the correct moves by -timing the beats of the songs to the correct moves on the screen. It reminds me -of the early Guitar Hero games, as well as mobile apps like VOEZ - repetition -and staying on-beat is the only way to win. - -# In-Game Screenshots - -Taking a look at the main menu, you can see that Neon Drive plays into every -stereotype you can think of around retro-futuristic, synthwave arcades (in a -good way). - -Once you get into the first level, we see that the choice of car fits right in -with the stereotypical cars of the 80s, like the -[DeLorean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean) or the [Ferrari -F40](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_F40). Each new level comes with new -color schemes and cars, so you should never get tired of the aesthetic. - -Personally, I love the orange and blue colors used in level 2: - -If you're the competitive type and getting 100% on all arcade machines isn't -enough, there are leaderboards for the regular part of the game, and the -endurance game mode. - -# Other Suggestions - -Neon Drive sits nicely within the well-founded cult genre of Outrun. Other games -that I've enjoyed in this same spectrum are: - -- [Far Cry 3: Blood - Dragon](https://store.steampowered.com/app/233270/Far_Cry_3__Blood_Dragon/) -- [Retrowave](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239690/Retrowave/) -- [Slipstream](https://store.steampowered.com/app/732810/Slipstream/) - -Although these games aren't necessarily in the same genre, they do have aspects -that place them close enough to interest gamers that enjoyed Neon Drive: - -- [Black Ice](https://store.steampowered.com/app/311800/Black_Ice/) -- [Cloudpunk](https://store.steampowered.com/app/746850/Cloudpunk/) -- [Need for Speed: - Heat](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222680/Need_for_Speed_Heat/) -- [VirtuaVerse](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1019310/VirtuaVerse/) - -Of course, if all you really care about is the arcade aspect of these games, you -can check out the [Atari -Vault](https://store.steampowered.com/app/400020/Atari_Vault/) or any of the -other classic games sold on Steam by companies like Namco, Atari. For something -like Nintendo, you'd have to settle for buying used classic consoles or delve -into the world of emulation. |