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Melbius

Derek Yu — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:50:00 +0000

Arma Eater is hands-down one of my favorite artists, so finding this game on his site was a nice surprise, and I will eagerly and unabashedly take this opportunity to introduce you to his artwork. Melbius, which is on the front page of his website, is a horizontal-scrolling shoot ‘em up starring Melby, a character from one of his upcoming projects. In the game you can collect and switch between one of four weapons, which charge over time.

To be honest, what I’ve played of the game thus far is slightly underwhelming. Not bad, by any means, but nothing special, in my opinion. That eyeball/crab monster is pretty awesome, though!

"Melbius" by Teknogames

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:29:54 +0000

It was kinda fun but I just had no incentive to keep playing. Maybe if hte enemies were different in level 2

"Melbius" by iosomewhere

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:48:24 +0000

With some Gradius + Slamandar Level Design.Overall..nice !

"Melbius" by Vallen

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:07:34 +0000

Reminds me of Sector Z for the NES.

"Melbius" by policedanceclub

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:28:06 +0000

I think it has awesome weird graphics.

"Melbius" by TheSilentOne

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:28:10 +0000

liked it, but just used the green gun the whole time. :P

"Melbius" by Noah

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:25:05 +0000

You need to use the link sectionon the Arma Eater site boys and girls… It will blow your tops. Surfing the japanese illustrator links web is a real treat. Every artist usually has about10 - 50 links http://www.abukas.com/bukuma.html

"Melbius" by cactus

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:50:41 +0000

I enjoyed it. Nice weapons.

"Melbius" by Al King

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:03:01 +0000

Stwelin, it’s a Flash game, embedded directly above the diagram of game keys.

"Melbius" by Stwelin

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:41:46 +0000

All i see is a diagram of the game keys, no place for a download or anything… ?

"Melbius" by Arvind

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:11:51 +0000

Hi Derek,

Man! Just how do you keep coming up with such stuff on the Interweb? Share us your bookmarks.

Thanks, Arvind.

"Melbius" by Gainsworth

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:24:42 +0000

Oh. I was wondering what happened to his site - the old one kinda disappeared. Thanks for the update.

Game’s ok, nothing special. Should at least LOOK nicer. Or be a little more unsettling.

Also, wow, front page is working.

"Melbius" by Eclipse

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:15 +0000

plays nicely but the graphics is indeed the worst part

"Melbius" by undertech

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:20:45 +0000

May not be le original, but it’s well executed, and that pleases me to no end.