Death came from Verminest

Details

A game by: Locomalito
Music by: Gryzor87
Illustrations by: Locomalito
Release: April 30th, 2016
License: Some rights reserved

Fight the Verminian army and reach the top score!

Verminian bugs have declared war on our sector. Pilot your fighter and defend all the planets in the infected zone on your way to their base, where Queen Verminia is hiding.

A score-oriented single-screen shmup in the spirit of an arcade game from 1981

Fight giant insect formations in outer space and over the surface of various exotic planets. Use power units to launch bombs or activate shields. Act fast, aim carefully, destroy squadron leaders first and use bombs strategically to get extra bonuses. Go for the top score!

Game data

Genre:
Shoot 'em up (Shmup, STG)
View:
Fixed-screen top-down view
Style:
Arcade game from 1981
Structure:
Linear with 6 levels divided into sublevels
Length:
Around 40 minutes
Game modes:
Single player
Controls:
Move, attack, shield and bomb
Graphics:
240x320 pixels base resolution + 16 color palette
Sound:
Wavetable sound chip (Namco WSG) + Samples (DPCM)

Random facts

It was inspired by early arcade games like Phoenix, Galaxian, Galaga, Centipede, Moon Cresta, The End, Satan of Saturn, Gorf and many more.
This kind of game was already outdated when I was a kid, but I always loved the idea of score-oriented games with a carefully crafted set of rules.
The idea of making an exclusive game for arcade associations was born during ArcadeCon 2015, a meeting of associations and developers in Spain.
Its first arcade cabinet was presented at ArcadeCon 2016 and became part of the Arcade Vintage Museum collection. Since then, more associations have built their own cabinets.