If The Martian DS looks a little rough on the edges, it's because the title was originally created by a team of three for a 72-hour game development competition four years ago. The resulting project is actually quite impressive, considering, and we're happy to see that one of the original developers took the time to create a homebrew port of it for the DS.Short but sweet, The Martian DS is a side-scrolling shooter in the vein of Alien Hominid. Players roam the city picking up weapons and power-ups while dodging constant gunfire from the local law enforcement. The game really suffers from the lack of a soundtrack, but the original character sprites, especially the donut-heaving boss, makes up for it.
[Via GBATemp]
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7-17-2007 @ 7:07PM
RupeeClock said...
Dude, this is some killer homebrew.
They should definitely develop this further, you have to be careful about a certain wall on stage 2, you can get trapped there, forcing a restart since you can't scroll left.
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7-18-2007 @ 9:22PM
Trogdor said...
You know, I'd much rather have Alien Hominid on the DS than that.
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