From 797a1404213173791a5f4126a77ad383ceb00064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Cleberg Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 22:34:28 -0600 Subject: initial migration to test org-mode --- content/blog/2020-12-28-neon-drive.md | 94 ----------------------------------- 1 file changed, 94 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/blog/2020-12-28-neon-drive.md (limited to 'content/blog/2020-12-28-neon-drive.md') 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 d0cf329..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2020-12-28-neon-drive.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,94 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2020-12-28 -title = "Neon Drive: A Nostalgic 80s Arcade Racing Game" -description = "A video game review for Neon Drive." -+++ - -# 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). - -![Neon Drive -Menu](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20201228-neon-drive/neon_drive_menu.png) - -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. - -![Neon Drive -Race](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20201228-neon-drive/neon_drive_race.png) - -Personally, I love the orange and blue colors used in level 2: - -![Level -2](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20201228-neon-drive/neon_drive_level_2.png) - -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. - -![Leaderboard](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20201228-neon-drive/neon_drive_leaderboard.png) - -# 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2