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Thursday, October 05, 2006
XWars is a decent attempt to fill the hole left vacant by the forced withdrawal of Grid Wars. There are no configurable options yet, though gameplay is practically the same bar some minor sprite changes. Dual analog controllers are also supported in the latest version.

Your ship can be moved around using the W, A, S and D keys. The mouse can be used to aim at other vector shapes. Indicators shown at the top of the screen provides information on the next upgrade or multiplier increase at a glance. A worthy substitute, especially with a little more work. Made using the HGE engine.

Name: XWars
Developer: Ehud
Category: Shooter
Type: Freeware
Size: 1MB
4 Comments:
Blogger gnome said at 10/03/2006 08:40:00 AM:  
Still... a great substitue... Excellent find Tim.
Anonymous Anonymous said at 10/03/2006 01:44:00 PM:  
"nothing like the real thing..." might be a selling point, then there's no IP violation :P

Bill
Anonymous Anonymous said at 10/04/2006 04:42:00 PM:  
Mouse aiming is a bit nobs though.

Yuck, shudder, ick etc...
Anonymous Anonymous said at 1/29/2007 08:51:00 AM:  
Congratulations on your dumb idea.