Arcade Classic ‘Point Blank Adventures’ Returns To iOS And Android Devices
In an era filled with first-person shooters and third-person shooters for console gaming, there seems to be a lack of light gun games from recent memory. While games like “Time Crisis” will always be popular in the arcades, the transition to consoles has rarely been effective in recent years. Namco Bandai has now decided to bring back one of its older arcade shooters “Point Blank Adventures” for mobile devices.
“Point Blank Adventures” was originally released in the arcades back in 1994 and proved to be a popular game, resulting in a PlayStation port three years later. The title was also ported to the original Nintendo DS way back in 2006.
Now the game has been ported to iOS and Android devices, as announced by Pocket Gamer. The game will be a free-to-play version of the arcade shooter, so older gamers that hated having to put quarters in the old arcade machine after losing a game, won’t have to go through that feeling again.
Rather than shoot terrorists or soldiers, “Point Blank Adventures” is a much more lighthearted game that lets players shoot more ridiculous things. Players will take on aliens, skeletons, sharks and even wizards in this classic shooter, through a variety of bite-sized levels.
Of course, being a mobile game, the “Point Blank Adventures” mobile version won’t just have players shooting things to get a higher score. App Advice has confirmed that the game will feature 100 levels of shooting, with 250 challenges that will test the player’s sharpshooting skills in the game.
The graphics of the game have also been redone, resulting in a imaginative and colorful experience for those who get the game. Each level shown in the trailer below seems to be packed to the brim with enemies and a variety of interesting settings to shoot them in.
“Point Blank Adventures” is available right now on both iOS and Android devices. While the game might disappoint some for not being able to have its own gun controller, the title should reignite some nostalgia to those who used to like playing old-school arcade shooters back in the late 80’s and early 90’s.
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