Underplayed Gems

Retro/Grade (2013)

Retro/Grade cover
Developer
24 Caret Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Indie
Rating
4.2 of 5, 396 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Playing feels like a fast-paced, rhythmic arcade shoot-'em-up where you rewind and un-fire attacks to orchestrate chaos in reverse.

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What players say

Players love the clever premise of playing a shoot-em-up backwards, catching your own bullets to the beat. The two-lane controls are simple but the timing is demanding, and on higher difficulties the screen gets too cluttered to follow. The electronic soundtrack is praised, and some note that the developer never made another rhythm game.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.