Paul Kooistra

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Paul Kooistra (AKA Axelay)

Releases

Games

  • Star Sabre (2007) ‒ an impressive horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up that was rated 88% in issue 51 of Retro Gamer magazine
  • Star Sabre 128K (2009) ‒ an extended version of the same game using 128KB of RAM
  • Dead on Time (2010) ‒ another completely different multi-directional shoot-'em-up, with a heavy emphasis on the High-Score burst, that was rated 93% in issue 77 of Retro Gamer and was also awarded a Retro Gamer Sizzler
  • Sub Hunter (2011) ‒ a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up featuring parallax scrolling that was rated 90% in issue 89 of Retro Gamer and was also awarded a Retro Gamer Sizzler
  • Edge Grinder (2011) ‒ a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up; an enhanced version was released in 2012 as Super Edge Grinder
  • Relentless (2013) ‒ a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up that was the winner of the Amstrad CPC 16KBs ROM Game Development Competition 2013 hosted by CPCWiki
  • Megablasters: Escape from Castle in the Clouds (2015) ‒ an unofficial sequel to Odiesoft's Megablasters that was rated 87% in issue 140 of Retro Gamer
  • Dragon Attack (2016) ‒ a ‘bullet hell’ shoot-'em-up that was an entrant in the 2016 #CPCRetroDev Game Creation Contest and was ranked 4th place out of 34 entries
  • Corsair Trainer (2020) ‒ a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up with only one level
  • Hypernoid Zero (2024) ‒ a shoot-'em-up in the style of Cybernoid

Those games are renowned for their smooth and fast animation and high level of difficulty, yet are considered some of the best shoot-'em-ups available for the Amstrad CPC.

Associates

Known for additional contributions to his games are:

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