I'm still trying to understand exactly what a Rogue-like is, as I've only started to hear the term in the last few years. Apparently the genre encompasses a lot of older generation JRPGs that I really hated (but are super obscure) like Azure Dreams and Thousand Arms (has nothing to do with Wild ARMs) for PS1, and Time Stalkers for Dreamcast. Man, I hated all of those games.
But yes, Smash T.V. was one of the original twin stick shooters with Robotron coming before it, and Total Carnage coming right after it. I, too, have spent hours playing Geometry Wars. I love that game. And I've often wished someone would make a sequel to Smash T.V. When I was going to college for game design, I had plans on making a FPS shooter remake of the game myself, but that didn't pan out.
The nods to many classic 80's action movies is very obvious in Smash T.V. The Running Man is a clear inspiration for the storyline, and the game show host in the game uses many memorable quotes from movies like original Robocop. "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
But yes, Smash T.V. was one of the original twin stick shooters with Robotron coming before it, and Total Carnage coming right after it. I, too, have spent hours playing Geometry Wars. I love that game. And I've often wished someone would make a sequel to Smash T.V. When I was going to college for game design, I had plans on making a FPS shooter remake of the game myself, but that didn't pan out.
The nods to many classic 80's action movies is very obvious in Smash T.V. The Running Man is a clear inspiration for the storyline, and the game show host in the game uses many memorable quotes from movies like original Robocop. "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
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