DUX (video game)
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| DUX | |
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| Developer(s) | HUCAST.Net KonTechs Ltd |
| Publisher(s) | HUCAST.Net |
| Designer(s) | René Hellwig Martin Konrad[1] |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast |
| Release | July 17, 2009 |
| Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
DUX is an independently developed scrolling shooter video game by HUCAST.Net & KonTechs Ltd. for the Sega Dreamcast. The game was released on July 17, 2009 worldwide. There is also a 500-print limited edition DUX with a game soundtrack on a separate disk. The game was available from HUCAST.net, Play-Asia,[2] Videogamesnewyork[3] and various other retailers.
Director's Cut
The HUCAST website links to a Twitter account under the name "Fresh Dux" which tweets that Dux 1.5 has been in development since July 2011[4]
Remake
In May 2012, a Kickstarter project for a remake of the game was announced.[5] It was called Redux: Dark Matters and scheduled for a release on PSN, XBLA, Steam and iOS, as well as the Dreamcast, though the latter version is restricted to a thousand copies and solely available as a Kickstarter reward.[6] The project reached its funding goal of 25 000 $ on 14 May 2012, after only a few days.[7] The Dreamcast version was released on January 27, 2014.[8]
Reception
Bordersdown (previously NTSC-uk) scored the game 6/10[9] commending how the "simple but colourful packaging theme extends throughout the presentation, from the menus to the game stages themselves and it works, with the VGA visuals being a treat to view" but noted that "anyone playing for scores will be disappointed because a bug in the first stage to do with the checkpoint system means it's only worth playing for survival."
See also
- Last Hope
- Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles
- List of commercially released independently developed Dreamcast games
- Independent video game development
References
- ^ Agnello, Anthony John (November 19, 2013). "Back from the dead: 9 modern games for obsolete consoles". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ Buy DUX [Limited Edition] (DC)
- ^ Dux - $29.99 : VideoGamesNewYork, Japanese and Retro Video Game Boutique
- ^ steffen rehr (@freshdux) on Twitter
- ^ Redux: Dark Matters - for Sega Dreamcast, iOS and More by ReduxGame — Kickstarter
- ^ Redux-Special – SEGA-DC.DE
- ^ ReduxGame (reduxgame) on Twitter
- ^ "Redux Dark Matters is Now Shipping Out". Kickstarter. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ Dux Review at Bordersdown. Retrieved 2010-09-28
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