Super Stardust Delta

Super Stardust Delta should feel familiar to Super Stardust HD players on PS3. However, Delta is not a port of that 2007 classic. It’s an entirely new game.

Buidling on the traditional Arcade Mode and including two new weapons, the Laser Melter and Ice Laser (names not final). Unlike SSHD’s singular, screen-clearing smart bomb, each primary weapon comes with its own secondary attack that you activate with a touch of the screen. The Laser Melter drops a black hole that sucks everything in – including your ship, if you’re not careful. The Ice Laser shoots out a huge swarm of missiles that home in on targets.

The only thing that’s really needed to make a good portable Super Stardust are two analogs (check) and a pretty display (check), Delta features an intuitively implemented use of the six axis gyros; you tilt the NGP to see what blast-able fodder is lurking just over the planet’s horizon. There’s also a devastating Shockwave attack that you activate with a quick, light shake of the device.

Developer Housemarque is working on a “purist mode,” which will more closely mirror the controls in the PS3 version and give you a more old school feel.