TG writes: Got a pocket full of quarters and want to head to the arcade? No need for the quarters, and no need to head out as SNK is bringing their old school arcade shooter to you.
Did the game make a successful transition from cabinet to console? Read on to find out.
Digital Chumps: Let me just add that I was pretty damn sure that Time Soldiers was the hardest game I've ever played. Hands down, it seemed like an impossibility when it came to actually 'defeating' the title. Well, I was wrong. The Next Space certainly starts out in the most innocent of manners, as it convinces you that it is a straightforward, top-down shooter. It goes as far as to give you some confidence and allows you to get used to the game and all it's glory.
Pocket Gamer: Arcade space shooters were rather popular in the '80s. The hard-as-nails bullet-hell action of games like Defender coaxed endless arcade-goers into spending a large fortune in an effort to climb leaderboards and beat friends.
Nowadays, big explosions, huge boss battles, and procedural generation are required to keep things fresh. SNK has re-released its classic The Next Space for PSP and PS Vita, showing just how far the genre has come.
Gamer Living's Blair Hicks takes his protein pills and puts his helmet on as he blasts off into SNK's The Next Space.
