Area 2048

[Drasir-Vel]

A really smooth shooter where all graphics are drawn using vectors.

Year: 2004
Homepage: http://homepage2.nifty.com/isshiki/prog_win_d.html
Direct Download: http://homepage2.nifty.com/isshiki/a2k.zip
Mirror: http://www.acid-play.com/download/area-2048
Author: Jumpei Isshiki
Status: can host

[Chroelle]

Had there been powerups in this game it would have been perfect in my book. I was greatly entertained!
Lots of enemies to shoot - bossfights to clear, bullets to dodge and lives to spend.

I found good tactics in trying to shoot from a distance, so getting out of the initial starting point seemed clever. Shots last all the way across the playing field, and not just as far as the screen goes, so I even had one level in the beginning where I enver actually saw an enemy before I had cleared the level simply by shooting the bad guys from one end of the arena.
This will not be an option in latter levels, where enemies will come swarming at you left and right, shooting lines of sharp stuff and hyperspeed flying into you if you dont move.

[Pater Alf]

Nice arena shooter. I made it to stage 4 on my first try on easy difficulty and to stage 3 on my first try on hard difficulty. My main strategy was to fly around the enmies in circles, so that they can hardly aim at you. Interesting boss fights and I like the stylish graphics and music.

I think I will return to this game soon!