New Soldner-X trailer shows retro revival is strong

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 7th 2007 at 5:00PM }

Soldner-X is import retail site Play-Asia's first attempt at publishing a video game. It's a blast from the past: a classic 2D side-scrolling shooter. Only, now with HD graphics made possible by the PS3. Already released on PC, this shooter will attempt to capture the hearts of PSN fans. Considering the amount of attention games like Super Stardust HD received, we're pretty sure that Soldner-X will be quite successful with the PS3 audience.

Tags: shooter, soldner-x

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Solace @ Dec 7th 2007 5:14PM

looks like it could be a fun addition to my downloaded games collection. $10 would be the perfect price point for this too, just like SSD:HD.

zoltari @ Dec 7th 2007 5:22PM

Frikkin awesome! I love games like this - anyone know when Gradius is out?

Watcher @ Dec 7th 2007 5:49PM

It's bought once it hits the store. Bring it.

wonderwes @ Dec 7th 2007 5:55PM

This game has been done before. Its called R-type. R-type was a great shooter back on SNES and TurboGrafx16 days.

Watcher @ Dec 7th 2007 6:04PM

I own every R-type that came out. I still want this game. It brings
it all back. One thing that R-type lacked is the 2 player
Simultaneous option, which makes games like this twice as fun.

Oh and another R-type, "R-type Delta" came out for the original PS. You MUST check it out if you're an R-type fan.

Watcher @ Dec 7th 2007 6:08PM

Oh! I can't forget R-type final for the PS2!

sicklesdawg @ Dec 7th 2007 6:32PM

Thats HARDCORE stuff

The_Doctor @ Dec 7th 2007 6:42PM

holy mother of god! that is sweet. it sounds great too

Fiefdom @ Dec 7th 2007 8:22PM

R-Type is a lot slower than this game. This game looks a lot more hectic, kind of like Ikaruga (which I would play over an R-Type game any day).

Kspraydad @ Dec 7th 2007 9:48PM

I want someone to give me a polished up Zaxxon.

Come on PSN...do it.

The B-Man @ Dec 7th 2007 10:29PM

R-Type was a little different, since you had the Force pod that once its use was mastered, opened an entire new game, so to speak. If you wanted a two player R-Type, don't forget there was R-Type Leo! Check here: http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/rtype/rtype.htm

Broken Haiku @ Dec 7th 2007 11:07PM

Sold - I'm getting it. It's not great looking but I've missed this game. Now all I need to be really happy is the similar shooter Einhänder.

Think Adrian @ Dec 8th 2007 6:25AM

FINALLY a shoot-'em-up with two-player mode! THey removed this in R-Type Final - which was idiotic.

Hope to see more games with multiplayer mode in which you can paly on the same screen.

slim_on @ Dec 8th 2007 10:58AM

Are you sure this is going to be a PSN game? Play-Asia is selling the pc version for 50$.

I sure hope it's a cheap psn game because I will never spend that kind of money for a shmup.

slim_on @ Dec 8th 2007 11:03AM

Nevermind, I found this on the official site.
http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=1

"The title is targeted for release on PlayStation®3 (via PS Network) and PC in Winter 07/08. Further PlayStation®3 release details, such as available territories will be unveiled in the near future."

Sammy @ Dec 8th 2007 6:20PM

R-Type was not the first side scrolling shooter by a long shot.

The game actually looks like it will resemble the Gradius/Salamander/Nemesis series quite a lot. Not a bad thing. DLC has given a new lease of life to shooters. Other genres should be tapped now.

I am surprised there have not been more games on the PSN... almost all being released by Sony too. I understand that support would be less than XBL but surely there should be more than this.