Vortex
Vortex is a 3D shooter game developed by Argonaut Software and released by Electro Brain for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in September 1994. Titled Citadel during development, it is one of a few games designed to use the enhanced graphics of the Super FX powered GSU-1.
Vortex
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- 1994
- Publisher
- Electro Brain
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Vortex is a 3D shooter game developed by Argonaut Software and released by Electro Brain for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in September 1994. Titled Citadel during development, it is one of a few games designed to use the enhanced graphics of the Super FX powered GSU-1.
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• Title — Vortex • Developer — Argonaut Software • Producer — Neil Jackson • Designer — Nic Cusworth Michael Powell • Programmer — Michael Powell • Artist — Alistair McNally • Composer — Justin Scharvona • Platforms — Super Nintendo Entertainment System • Genre — 3D shooter • Modes — Single-player
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot The player pilots an experimental mech called the Morphing Battle System against the five worlds of the Aki-Do Forces. The player enters the Vortex, to save the Deoberon system, retrieving the core from the fierce forces, the Aki-Do. The MBS can transform between four different modes: The Walker, Sonic Jet, Land Burner, and Hard Shell.
Development and release
Development and release
The overall concept of Vortex fueled unconfirmed speculation that the project may have been derived from an unreleased game based on Transformers, but in a 2015 interview with Retro Gamer, programmer Michael Wong-Powell confirmed that Vortex and Transformers were entirely separate projects, with the latter being cancelled during development. In March 1994, Argonaut Software was signed as a third-party developer by Atari Corporation to develop games for the Atari Jaguar platform. A port of Vortex for the Jaguar was announced at Spring ECTS '94, but it ultimately was never released.
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Vortex received generally favorable reception from critics. Electronic Gaming Monthlys five editors remarked that the pace is slow, but complimented the unique concept and high challenge.
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