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: