The Legend of Steel Empire
In a dystopian world where the Motorhead Empire has conquered and enslaved virtually the entire planet, mammoth battleships, armored locomotives, and invincible fortresses dominate the skies. However, there is hope for the republic of Silverhead, and you are the only one who can save it. Take control of the Striker airplane or Zeppelin with an aerial mine launcher and engage in intense euro-shmup action, battling enemies both in the air and on the ground, and using devastating screen-clearing attacks in tight spots. With improved graphics and controls, Steel Empire, originally released in the early 90s for a 16-bit console, has been ported to various handheld consoles. Join the fight and defeat the Motorhead Empire.
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HISTORY
Steel Empire/Koutetsu Teikoku is a horizontally scrolling shooter game released originally on the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis in 1992, on the Game Boy Advance on 2004, on the 3DS and on PC in 2014 and released on Nintendo Switch in 2024. Developed by HOT・B on the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, the Game Boy Advance and on PC and ported to 3DS and Nintendo Switch by Mebius.
Steel empire is in general recognized by his steampunk aesthetic and being a good beginners game for people not accustomed to the genre with a high difficulty mode for people who desire a harder experience.
Gameplay Overview
Steel Empire uses 8 way movement, a bomb button, a left shoot button and a right shoot button.
Steel Empire is recognized specifically in gameplay by his health bar, his changing shot directions, his offensive movement strategy, his original leveling system and his ship choice system, Steel Empire has the interesting gameplay aspect of a health bar which in comparison to most shmups which any damage causes a life loss generates a ship which can resist depending of the difficulty a number of hits depending of the type of object/bullet hit.
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