Phew

My computer pretty much died… and was resurrected in a mere day! The north bridge on my motherboard burnt out (o_O), so I had to get myself a new motherboard. I ordered one online and it was actually delivered within a couple of hours(!).

It didn’t even take that much time to get up and running again, so I guess I’m sort-of lucky like that. It’s good to have a working comp again.

Hydorah

I’ve been playing a little gem of a game lately – Hydorah. It’s a free horizontal shooter (a la gradius or r-type) and it is clearly inspired by a lot of good stuff from horizontal shooters from the eighties and nineties. This type of game is relatively rare nowadays, and Hydorah is *hard*. I find it very refreshing and a tad nostalgic having to really work to get anywhere.

The game has 16 levels and is very intense. The entire game is incredibly oldschool, but still done with somewhat modern technology – no skimming on the rotating/zooming bitmaps and such.

Highly recommended if you enjoy arcade games 😉

Download it [here]