{"id":52038,"date":"2013-03-20T01:41:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T23:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=52038"},"modified":"2013-03-20T12:52:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T10:52:06","slug":"zx-hyperblast-sa-devs-retro-love-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/52038-zx-hyperblast-sa-devs-retro-love-letter","title":{"rendered":"zX &#8211; Hyperblast: SA dev&#8217;s retro love-letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A South African developer, retroFuture, is aiming high with the sci-fi space shooter, zX \u2013 Hyperblast, which is currently on Steam\u2019s Greenlight service, awaiting the thumbs-up from the community.<\/p>\n<p>zX \u2013 Hyperblast is a throwback to the \u201cbullet-hell\u201d games if yesteryear, and gives players the chance to pilot a small, but powerful ship through some pretty insane monstrosities and cybernetic juggernauts.<\/p>\n<p>Players are able to control a dual-type hybrid gun to fend off the enemies, while also being able to deflect enemy fire back with use of the twin-blade attack the ship features.<\/p>\n<p>The game is all about rewarding reckless, daredevil styled play, high-fiving those old-school gamers who go head-first into battle.<\/p>\n<p>zX \u2013 Hyperblast has a charming retro futuristic aesthetic to it, and will prompt the nostalgia of arcade fans.<\/p>\n<p>The game has finally been given a demo, which features 11 playable levels out of the full game\u2019s 66. In addition to keyboard controls, the demo also features Xbox and generic gamepad support.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the demo on the <a href=\"http:\/\/retrofuturehub.com\/zx.html\" target=\"_blank\">retroFuture website<\/a>, and support <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=92997105\" target=\"_blank\">zX \u2013 Hyperblast on Steam Greenlight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hf7FheofnRo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More SA gaming news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/52033-calling-all-ct-gamers-maingaming-interactive-challenge.html\">Calling all CT gamers \u2013 Maingaming Interactive Challenge<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/51767-splinter-cell-blacklist-special-editions-confirmed-for-sa.html\">Splinter Cell: Blacklist special editions confirmed for SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/51715-2upgamers-april-event-early-details.html\">2upGamers April event: early details<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/51724-heart-of-the-swarm-sa-invitational-tournament-all-you-need-to-know.html\">Heart of the Swarm SA Invitational Tournament: all you need to know<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/51367-xbox-360-controller-wheres-the-cheapest.html\">Xbox 360 controller \u2013 where\u2019s the cheapest?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Locally developed space shooter is worth taking note of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":52039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,9337,2752,5793,5794,85,9338,9335,9336],"class_list":["post-52038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline","tag-retrofuture","tag-sa-gaming-market","tag-sa-gaming-news","tag-sa-news","tag-steam","tag-stream-greenlight","tag-zx-game","tag-zx-hyperblast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52053,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52038\/revisions\/52053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}