4-BIT TERROR: MESSHOF’S UPCOMING THRILL OF COMBAT

Coming soon from indie dev Mark ‘Messhof‘ Essen, The Thrill of Combat, a game that promises to mash-up an early 80’s PC port of Choplifter, the glitched-up terror-core of GDFX, and every urban legend you’ve ever feared about waking up in a bathtub full of ice.

The story, explains Messhof? “You have quotas to meet. Use your helicopter to seek out donors and incapacitate them with your laser, then drop down and remove their organs.”

Messhof’s not a name I’ve brought up on the site yet, but, if you haven’t guessed by now, he’s one of the few indie devs that dabbles in a glorious fuck-you no-fi style that at times manages to make even Cactus’s more recent output look like the safest idea Nintendo ever had (a high compliment to both).

Side note: if Thrill‘s dirty beats in the video at top strike your fancy, GDFX has the entire 28 minute ALTERED EGO piece it’s ripped from available as a free download via his MySpace [direct sendspace link].

The Thrill of Combat [Messhof]