wraggster
July 4th, 2006, 18:31
Via Spong (http://news.spong.com/article/10344)
SPOnG first told you about the rather bizarre concept ofPoint Blank DS back in March.
Well, Atari has just sent us a bunch of new screens from the forthcoming handheld version of the classic shooter (erm, don’t you mean poker? – Ed) which you can see right here.
We loved the Point Blank lightgun but remain on the fence about whether or not the game will successfully translate to the DS, where you will use your stylus to tap things on the screen, as opposed to using your gun to shoot them.
As we said originally, on paper and in theory the game sounds like it could be interminably dull. Yet on paper and in theory, many of Wario Ware’s mini games also sound very dull.
The game is now down for a Q4 release (this means autumn/winter to those who don’t speak games industry). There is a four-difficulty level Arcade Mode with 40 different touchscreen action sequences based on those from the arcade and PlayStation games, where you get to blast (tap) away clay pigeons, aliens, cardboard cut-outs and other zany targets. We’ll bring you more info and news as we get it.
Screens at link above
SPOnG first told you about the rather bizarre concept ofPoint Blank DS back in March.
Well, Atari has just sent us a bunch of new screens from the forthcoming handheld version of the classic shooter (erm, don’t you mean poker? – Ed) which you can see right here.
We loved the Point Blank lightgun but remain on the fence about whether or not the game will successfully translate to the DS, where you will use your stylus to tap things on the screen, as opposed to using your gun to shoot them.
As we said originally, on paper and in theory the game sounds like it could be interminably dull. Yet on paper and in theory, many of Wario Ware’s mini games also sound very dull.
The game is now down for a Q4 release (this means autumn/winter to those who don’t speak games industry). There is a four-difficulty level Arcade Mode with 40 different touchscreen action sequences based on those from the arcade and PlayStation games, where you get to blast (tap) away clay pigeons, aliens, cardboard cut-outs and other zany targets. We’ll bring you more info and news as we get it.
Screens at link above