Steel Assault (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.3 Update

Steel Assault: In this retro-style action platformer, you’ll need to punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America! Take on the role of Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier seeking retribution from the despot ruling over the ashes.

GAMEPLAY & STORY

Steel Assault is a fast-paced 2D action platformer. The game equips the player with an 8-way electric whip, along with a jump, double jump, and a short dodge slide. One other mechanic is a zip line which allows the player to move vertically, horizontally, and diagonally between elements or platforms. In addition, the game features a basic sub-weapon system.

Taro mainly fights robotic enemies, and his electric whip destroys their energy cores, but he can also punch them up close to collect their cores and replenish his sub-weapon system’s energy. The game has different difficulty modes, including an Arcade Mode in which there are no checkpoints and the player has only a single life.

The game takes place in an overgrown post-apocalyptic America after all major American cities were abandoned due to mass radiation attacks in the late 2030s. Magnus Pierce, a famous inventor and roboticist turned army general, rose to rule over the ashes. His regime began a large-scale purge of all its real and suspected enemies, including protagonist Taro Takahashi’s parents.

Taro grew up to be a core member of the Daybreak Resistance, an insurgency led by Hans Albrecht and Sonia Singh. In early 2046, Magnus Pierce’s soldiers started collecting and refurbishing old nuclear, military, and robotic tech, and they started restoring the power grids of various abandoned cities that they now occupied. Taro is sent to investigate.

FEATURES

• Quick-paced 2D platforming: Smooth, dynamic sidescrolling action with a fashionable move and a ton of bosses and enemies to take down
• 16-bit post-apoc style: An exquisitely realized science fiction universe, portrayed through intricate pixel art, accompanied by intense FM-synthesised music
• Special zipline action: An innovative take on the traditional grappling-hook mechanism that creates exciting new mobility options
• A traditional gaming experience with exquisitely designed stage-based action with the best possible screen quality for CRT gaming