Hurricane
June 1, 2004
I've been having a lot of fun lately playing this old-school style, top-down shmup (shoot-em-up) called Hurricane developed by Nuvorm in the Netherlands. Along the lines of the arcade classic Galaga, this one has power-ups to increase shields and weapons with lots of cool pyro-technic particle effects. There is also a downloadable PC version of the game available (for $15) that includes a level editor to create your own custom levels, if that's your thing. Hurricane is courtesy Mini-Clip.com where they host lots of other free flash games as well. Click.
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