Vortex
The player is cast as a soldier fighting the Aki-Do Forces, an evil empire bent on taking over the entire universe. To stop them, the player has access to an experimental mech, the Vortex, to travel the seven…
Vortex is a shooter developed by Argonaut Software Ltd., released 1 September 1994 on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Vortex is
Vortex is a shooter game developed by Argonaut Software Ltd. and released in 1994. It was published by Electro Brain. It is available on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player is cast as a soldier fighting the Aki-Do Forces, an evil empire bent on taking over the entire universe. To stop them, the player has access to an experimental mech, the Vortex, to travel the seven worlds of the Aki-Do system and destroy the bases.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Vortex launched on 1 September 1994, within three weeks of EarthBound, The Need for Speed and Kirby's Dream Course.
Released around the same time: EarthBound, The Need for Speed, Kirby's Dream Course.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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