Nothing completed this month, and I’ve only really played two games. Pretty quiet one.
Games played during July
Silksong – Nintendo Switch 2
Firmly back into this now, made quite a bit of progress, but I am currently at a wall where a lot of people seem to have dropped off. “The Last Judge” which is the final boss of Act 1. I’ve been close to bringing him down a few times though, and I can get to his second phase pretty much every attempt so hopefully he’ll fall soon.
Tempest 4000 – PS5
The only other game I’ve put any meaningful time into this month, as a good antidote to any platforming frustration on Silksong. I’m pretty sure I own this on 4 platforms, 5 if you include the original (and best) TxK on the Vita. I don’t think I’ve ever cleared the main 100 levels on any of the Tempest 4000 ports though so have been meaning to rectify that.
July Pickups
Xenotilt – Nintendo Switch 2
This got a Switch 2 version in July, it was a free download for anyone who already owned the Switch version, so I grabbed it. I played a bit on my TV and I’m not sure if I noticed the benefit, it certainly looks spectacular, but then it did before so who knows. The game is still great and easy to recommend.
Rival Megagun – SteamDeck
Played a bit of this at my friends up in Scotland last month, it’s a really fun 2 player VS shump game. Although it runs fairly well on SteamDeck so I have enjoyed playing it a bit on there, the main reason for buying it is to play it on a future arcade machine, that I haven’t built yet.
Hungry Ninja – Nintendo Gameboy
I am dreadful at this, and most precision platformer games. However, I’m in a discord server with the creator and they’re lovely, so I figured I’d show my support and buy their game. I admit a decent amount of it was the novelty that I could just put it on my flashcard and play it on an actual Gameboy Color. You can check it out, and download it from Itch.io here.
*There are no links to Amazon in this post and probably won’t be going forward. When I can be bothered I’m going to remove the old ones and burn my affiliates account.