Rick Henderson
Rick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true hommage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions…
Rick Henderson is an arcade developed by Fat Pug Studio, released 4 April 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Rick Henderson is
Rick Henderson is an arcade game developed by Fat Pug Studio and released in 2021. It was published by Eastasiasoft. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity3D.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Rick Henderson is a yet to be released endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true homage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive through unpredictable space events. Levels are generated by combining hand-crafted waves, multiple bosses variations and random events to provide unique, but satisfying experience every time you play.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Rick Henderson launched on 4 April 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut and NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139.... It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139....
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