Operation Steel Rain – This WIP mech platformer for the Amiga looks rather cool (+DEMO) [update]

Even though it’s still Jan, already we’ve had so many Amiga game news stories, that at times I could hardly keep up! Games such as Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja, Castlevania AGA, Tracker Hero and WIZONK are just some of the ones I’ve featured already. Well the Amiga news just keeps on going. As I’ve been informed that 2Bit Combo, is working on a mech platformer called ‘Operation Steel Rain’. A scorpion engine game, that has inspirations to SNES/Sega Mega Drive classics such as Assault Suits Valken (Cybernator), Front Mission:Gun Hazard and Ranger-X.

Here’s the latest from the dev. “Operation Steel Rain is an old school mecha platform game from the snes, megadrive era, like Assault Suits Valken (Cybernator), Front Mission:Gun Hazard and Ranger-X. It’s being developed for Amiga AGA computers using the excelent Scorpion Engine, which allow us to port it to other platforms like MegaDrive and NeoGeo later. The projet is in it’s very initial state and the “demo” I’m posting here allows the player to walk, jump and fly around… Oh, and you can destroy some enemies too. Not too fancy, for now”.

Update : The developer has announced the release of a new test build and noted as saying “It’s being a long time since I posted anything here. This new demo is still just a test, but there are a few stuff I added to the game: Aiming control: Not exactly what I really wanted, but the player can fire in 45 degrees now, up and down. Infantry enemies and a few fixes”. 

Links :1) Source 2) Test Build