Hamster has confirmed this week's Arcade Archives release as UPL's 1990 top-down action arcade game, Vandyke. Your job, as a barbarian warrior, is to take down hordes of enemies and slay end of level bosses.
"Players use weapons including swords, boomerangs, bombs, and flails to defeat enemies and bosses as they progress. Your character will also gain attack power and strike a heroic pose when you pick up meat items, so be sure to use these to your advantage!"
Here's are some screenshots from the official press release:
As usual, it'll be available for $7.99 USD or your regional equivalent. Will you be adding this one to your Switch Home Menu? Tell us down below.
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Never heard of this one but Kinda reminds me of Elemental Master or Undeadline on the Genesis!
They’re gonna slow drip the NMK/UPL stuff. I want Thunder Dragon 2, yo.
@robr
Don’t forget Rapid Hero.
This is a sleeper. esp in 2 player coop.
it's more like ikari warriors 3 but better and with swords.
huah!
@robr
I didn’t, but I believe that you forgot Gunnail, my bro.
I quite like the look of this. I have a few top down shooters but none with a fantasy style setting like Conan or Jason and the Argonauts. I have UPL's Omega Fighter on Switch and it's a really good shmup that I'd say was ahead of its time. I think I'll buy it at the weekend and play it in 2 metre TATE mode with my projector.
@joey302
yep and totally surprised anyone on here mentions undeadline. props to you.
It looks like a good Gauntlet clone, just like the recently released Battle Axe. But this game costs much less than Battle Axe.
This could be considered in the same series as Gate of Doom and Wizard Fire, which are great.
UPL games tend to be interesting, if a little wobbly mechanically (Omega Fighter aside, which is brilliant). I'll probably bite.
Crom, I hope they will release even more barbaric arcade games like this one. The Rastan trilogy or Blade Master.
UPL are not as famous as say Cave/Treasure here, but personally I liked all the UPL games I played, looking forward to this one too!
@ogo79 thanks I’d like to think I know my games by now with playing and collecting for 40+ years lol. Jeez, I remember playing Undeadline for hours upon hours & imported it for $100!
But there’s actually another big Genesis (mega drive) title that this Hamster release is similar too and I just can’t remember which game but it was a good one! Lol
Hmm, looks like it might be cool, but it's hard to say. I've been disappointed by some of these arcade archives releases before. I'm looking at you Astyanax.
Never heard of this game Vandyke. Based on the looks, I would rather watch reruns of Dick Van Dyke.
@joey302 i try and think about that one
Looks like my kind of game.
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