See, I wasn't bullshitting younoiseredux wrote:I'll be damned...
“Tiny Phalanx” (Zero Divide)
Somewhere within the coded confines of this long-forgotten 3D fighter, the developers, for whatever reason, saw fit to hide a bite-sized side-scroller that’s pretty much exactly what the title suggests – a “mini” reimagining of the 16-bit shooter Phalanx. While only three stages long, it plays almost exactly the same as its inspiration, featuring several of the latter’s weapons, enemies, and backdrops – the graphics have been slightly improved, however, and you now have a supply of bombs to save you in a pinch. While it’s definitely nothing mind-blowing, especially if you already have the original on the SNES or GBA, it’s definitely one of the more interesting “hidden” games out there, and at least an encouraging sign that even developers working during the era when it was “3D or Nothing” still had some love for sprite-based gaming. To access Tiny Phalanx, while the Zero Divide disc is booting up, hold the Start and Select butto
Noise if you ever decide to branch into collecting for another console, you should go the PS1 route. Especially since there are ways to make the PS1 play with the GBA
