Underplayed Gems

Nanotek Warrior (1997)

Nanotek Warrior cover
Developer
Tetragon
Publisher
Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Japan), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Shooter

How it feels

A fast, reflex-testing tube-shooting dash through sci-fi corridors, weaving and blasting your way past obstacles and bosses at a steady arcade clip.

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About

A ground-based shoot-em-up by design, the game employs the use of jumping, banking, and strafing as you move forward through 3D tube-like levels. The game is seem from a third-person perspective behind the ship. Some areas place you outside and some inside, but the majority of the game takes place rotating around tubes. This gameplay only differs slightly in boss levels, that allow you to rotate around a central point with no forward motion. You can obtain different power-ups including special weapons, health bonuses and extra lives as you play through the game’s 9 levels. Each level is divided into 2 stages, one on tubes and a boss fight afterwards.

Screenshots

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