Nelson Rodriguez writes, "As you know, Omega Five is one of the Xbox Live Arcade titles coming out this week. Last week, the folks at Hudson were kind enough to hit us up over Xbox Live voice chat to walk through some of the game with us. If you haven't seen the game, you should - it is visually impressive, even if SHMUPs aren't your cup of tea. If you have seen the game, then you might want to know why Hudson went for some of the wild weapons and the hopped up difficulty. Feast your eyes and ears on the interview."
Andriasang: The release list in this week's Famitsu has some mega carnage for Hudson fans. It looks like many of the publisher's upcoming titles have been cancelled, presumably due to the recent Konami acquisition.
It's okay if you don't remember Omega Five. The Natsume-developed side-scrolling shump hit XBLA in early 2008 and has since shot into obscurity. According to Famitsu, the game is set to appear on Nintendo 3DS in Japan during Spring 2011 -- where it'll probably make a more memorable bow among a launch lineup otherwise devoid of "traditional" shoot-em-ups.
Having worked at Natsume for nearly 20 years, veteran composer Hiroyuki Iwatsuki discusses his memorable video game soundtracks, from classic scores on the Famicom to the soundtrack for XBLA title shoot'em-up Omega Five -- also sharing the challenges of producing 8-bit songs.
reminds me of Forgotten Worlds for the Sega Genesis