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ABYLIGHT AND LOCOMALITO ANNOUNCE SUPER HYDORAH. SAVE THE UNIVERSE IN THE MOST INTENSE SHOOT’EM UP!

Press release:
An evil force has launched an invasion over the Omios star. Only you, the most skilled and deadly pilot of the galaxy, can face the dreadful menace of the Meroptians, bio-mechanical creatures set in a ruthless war of conquest. Equip your ship, select a route and fight planet by planet against the hordes of Meroptians!

An evil force has launched an invasion over the Omios star. Only you, the most skilled and deadly pilot of the galaxy, can face the dreadful menace of the Meroptians, bio-mechanical creatures set in a ruthless war of conquest. Equip your ship, select a route and fight planet by planet against the hordes of Meroptians!

So far, “Super Hydorah” is looking really impressing.

After the success of their first collaboration, Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX), Abylight and Locomalito are happy to announce the development of Super Hydorah, a new edition of the renowned shoot’em up (SHMUP) by Locomalito. In Super Hydorah, the player is a space pilot fighting to defeat an evil that threatens the universe: the Hydorah. First platforms and release dates will be announced soon.

Super Hydorah is designed to offer a challenging and memorable experience, just as the traditional SHMUP classics did. Its difficulty requires the player to master the game in order to progress and also choose its own path through the planets: Super Hydorah is a non-linear game, and there are alternative routes – with multiple endings for better replayability! Its original soundtrack, composed by Gryzor87 (who also composed Cursed Castilla EX OST), fits the game just like a glove.

“Life Force” anyone?

This challenging non-linear SHMUP is a tribute to classics of the horizontal SHMUP genre such as Gradius, R-Type, Darius or Turrican. Super Hydorah is like a true son of the classics: it shares their genes – but it’s not their clone!

Features:
– Old-school gameplay: easy to learn, damn hard to master!
– 16-32 bit era look and feel
– 20 levels divided into 30 sublevels, 30 bosses and more than 70 enemies
– 3 games modes: single player, co-op multiplayer and a robot control spin-off
– Non-linear level layout with route selection
– Dangers of different nature in each level (not just bullets)
– Weapon selection menu, power ups and unlockable new weapons in every mission
– Original soundtrack with 49 tracks
– Secret objects and special heroic ending
– Secrets, achievements and range system
– CRT Monitor effect

ABOUT ABYLIGHT STUDIOS
Abylight Studios is a digital entertainment publisher whose career goes back to 2009. Initially focused on Nintendo platforms and smartphones, since 2016 Abylight is striving for platform diversity and including other big creators in its catalogue. Their most recent project is Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX), a remastered version of Locomalito’s classic retroarcade Maldita Castilla. For more information on Abylight Studios, visit their official website, Facebook, and follow @abylight on Twitter.

ABOUT LOCOMALITO
Locomalito shares background with many other kids from the 80s: he grew up playing arcade machines and dreaming about creating his own games. He had ideas and wanted to work on them with a passion. Years later, this vocation drove him to work on those ideas and shape them in his own spare time. His goal: creating video games with an old school flavor – adventures that you could play on a straight run, created with pixel-art and chiptune music and sound. For more information on Locomalito, visit their official website, and follow @Locomalito on Twitter.

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround