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Insector X (Patreon)

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2018-01-11 03:33:29

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Hot-B/Taito's insect-themed shoot-em-up. The Genesis version has a much different art style than the arcade version, which is a weird sort of cute-em-up.

This was previously published in the Guide to Shoot-em-ups Vol. 1 to go along with the other Hot-B shooters (Cloud Master, Over Horizon and Steel Empire). I had a ton of comparison screenshots that I couldn't fit in, though, so they're now presented here.

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Insector X

Insector X is a rather clever title. It combines a science-fiction sounding name "Sector X", implying a shooter, with "insect", implying, well, insects. It was patterned after Taito's Darius, except featuring bugs rather than fish. Over five stages, you control a miniature human, fighting through hordes of bees, snails, spiders, praying mantises, mushrooms, and other squiggly creatures.