I am cheating a little bit this time... I haven't even played Voxatron on my arcade cabinet yet because the replacement power supply hasn't arrived yet. The Humble Voxatron Debut will only be running for about two weeks, so I figured I should write about it sooner rather than later!
The controls
Voxatron is a neat little 3D platform shooter) will map very easily to the arcade controls. It uses the arrow keys for movement, z to jump, and x to shoot. The only other keys that need to be mapped will be enter and escape, for moving around the menus.
The game
Voxatron is a neat little 3D platform shooter. It feels a bit like Robotron with the addition of jumping. I've only played through a few levels, so I haven't seen much of the game yet. I'm (impatiently) waiting to play it with the arcade controls!
The blocky retro-style graphics look awesome. I especially like that the little light guy's head lights up when he is shooting. Voxatron will definitely be a welcomed addition to the growing collection of modern games on my arcade cabinet.
Update 2011-11-11: It is actually on the cabinet now!
The cabinet is back up and running and Voxatron looks amazing on there! I was very impatient and ended up playing through the whole "adventure" mode on my laptop long before the replacement parts for the arcade cabinet arrived. I know now that it much easier to handle the hold-button-to-lock-shooting-direction control setup with the arcade controls than it is with the keyboard!
A low quality camera phone video (sorry!)
I'm sorry the video is so dark and washed out. One of these days I'll find a better camera. Maybe I'll even talk someone into helping me record the videos!
See also:
- Remembering the Arcades I Grew Up In
- Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Playing "Titan Attacks!" Without a Mouse
- Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: The Humble Indie Bundles
- Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: rRootage, Noiz2sa, Torus Troopers, and More
- Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Cave Story
- (Not Quite) Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Mactabilis
- (Not Quite) Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: The Bundle of Wrong
- Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Voxatron
- Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Blocks That Matter
- A Year of Native Linux Indie Games on My Arcade Cabinet - 2011
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