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Onslaught!

Rob Beschizza at 7:54 pm Wed, Jul 7, 2010

Kindle

Matt Hackett • Richtaur

Matt Hackett's Onslaught! is a HTML5-only game. Designed and coded with Geoff Blair, Matt also did the art. The music and sound is by Joshua Morse.

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soongtype

sweet it’s like robotron-meets-zelda
Anonymous

very fun and addicting
zachstronaut

Nice 16-bit era sprite work here =)
Doctor Popular

I heard there was a super sekret Konami code hidden in this game… but I can’t figure it out. Anyone else found it?
- Anonymous
  
  You’ve gotta do it at the title screen, like in Contra :)
eyeglass1

I must say this game is becoming quite addictive. A bit like tetris. Very enjoyable to play.