‘Flip Mysterious Area Bee with Motos!’

And thus was the completely weird tagline with which the fledgling Namco company marketed its model new space-age launch, Motos. And should you too wish to flip mysterious area bee, you possibly can, as retro writer Hamster has now added the forgotten title to its mammoth Arcade Archives on PS4 and Nintendo Swap.

Launched in arcades in 1985, earlier than later discovering its approach to the house laptop market, Motos is a really early entry within the automotive battler style and sees vehicular carnage situated towards the backdrop of a weird platform floating adrift in outer area. The participant pilots the titular “Moto” and is tasked with operating every of their opponents off of the stage, whereas avoiding taking a tumble into the void themselves.

A whopping 62 levels of bumper-to-bumper motion awaits, that includes more and more nasty hordes of enemies, in addition to car upgrades such because the momentum-boosting “Energy Bumps” and even “Soar Elements”, which afford our Moto the flexibility to leap by means of the air, Knight Rider-style. You possibly can take a look at the motion within the video beneath, courtesy of YouTuber spaceharrier80. You’ll want to take a look at the sport’s cute beep-boop rating, powered by Namco’s formative Tremendous Pac-Man {hardware}.

Motos is offered to obtain now on PS4 and Nintendo Swap, priced at round $8.

Chris Moyse

Senior Editor – Chris has been enjoying video video games because the Nineteen Eighties. Former Saturday Night time Slam Grasp. Graduated from Galaxy Excessive with honors. Twitter: @ChrisxMoyse