History VideoGame / Novastorm

* EasyModeMockery: Actually very subtle about it. If you play on easy, you will be underpowered for the first world's endboss (and the game's WakeUpCallBoss). Why? On easy, a few enemy waves are removed, and the value of half the coin drops are decreased by one tier (Gold to Silver, Silver to Bronze).

* FullMotionVideo: The game, like it’s predecessor VideoGame/{{Microcosm}}, abuses it to the core. Not only is every single cutscene a FMV, but even the background during gameplay is a looping FMV. This is combined with pre-rendered CGI (both in the FMVs and the game assets itself) to make the game look spectacularly awesome.

* MultiPlatform: Saw release on the UsefulNotes/SegaCD, UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer, UsefulNotes/FMTowns Marty (as ''Scavenger 4''), UsefulNotes/PlayStation, and UsefulNotes/{{IBM PC}}.

* TwoAndAHalfD: Levels (including boss encounters) are pre-rendered {{FMV}} cutscenes, while the player ship, enemies, and projectiles are pre-rendered sprites.

* ExcusePlot
* ExtyYearsFromNow

* RobotWar

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The game is a (vastly improved) sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Microcosm}}'' and takes place in the same universe.

* FullMotionVideo: The game is one of the first home titles to abuse it to the core. Not only is every single cutscene a FMV, but even the background during gameplay is a looping FMV. This is combined with pre-rendered CGI (both in the FMVs and the game assets itself) to make the game look spectacularly awesome.

* FullMotionVideo: The game is one of the first home titles to abuse it to the core. Not only is every single cutscene a FMV, but even the background during gameplay is a looping FMV. This is combined with pre-rendered CGI assets to make the game looks spectacularly awesome.

* FullMotionVideo: The game is one of the first home titles to abuse it to the core. Not only is every single cutscene a FMV, but even the background during gameplay is a looping FMV.

* MultiPlatform: Saw release on the UsefulNotes/SegaCD, UsefulNotes/ThreeDO, UsefulNotes/FMTowns Marty (as ''Scavenger 4''), UsefulNotes/PlayStation, and UsefulNotes/{{IBM PC}}.

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* MultiPlatform: Saw release on the SegaCD, ThreeDO, FMTowns Marty (as ''Scavenger 4''), PlayStation, and {{IBM PC}}.

The game is a (vastly improved) sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Microcosm}}'' and takes place in the same universe,

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* TwoAndAHalfD: Levels (including boss encounters) are pre-rendered FMV cutscenes, while the player ship, enemies, and projectiles are pre-rendered sprites.

** The Playstation version had one that required you to get a high score first and enter TWISTY! as a name to enable level select.

** This becomes a bit of a problem during the assault on Excelsior, especially in the SegaCD version (which the DOS version closely follows), since there is a part before the first boss of it that has no enemies whatsoever in it, which means you can't get any extra lives during it. Expect to lose 3 or 4 during it.
* EasyModeMockery: Actually very subtle about it - If you play on easy, you will be underpowered for the first world's endboss (and the game's WakeUpCallBoss). Why? On easy, a few enemy waves are removed, and the value of half the coin drops are decreased by one tier (Gold to Silver, Silver to Bronze).

* MultiPlatform: Saw release on the Sega CD, 3DO, FM Towns Marty (as ''Scavenger 4''), Playstation, and IBM [=PCs=].
** ReformulatedGame: Notably, ''all'' (save for the 3DO and Fm Towns versions, which however do have a different soundtrack) versions have different gameplay and assets. Even the Sega CD version, which is very close to the DOS original in what bits of footage it uses, has a different powerup system and enemy placement.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: The game will show different death animations depending on where in the level or boss fight you died, sometimes showing off an attack the boss only uses at a very late point in the loop. And different versions have different animations. Sadly, for the SegaCD version, they're only played when you lose your last life.
* TookALevelInBadass: a bit of a meta-example: The DOS version appears to be based on the SegaCD version, and all of the bosses look the same and have the same weak points. They don't fire too much in the SegaCD version, and some of them even call in generic mooks to do some of their firing. The DOS version? The firebird opens with danmaku, and it only gets worse from there.
* TimedMission: The boss battles in the Sega CD version have an invisible timer (though the game is kind enough to show an alert message when it's close to be finished). Take too long and it's an automatic GameOver.

''Novastorm'' was a RailShooter VideoGame developed by {{Psygnosis}} and released in 1994. Set sometime in the future, spacefaring humans are searching for a new planet to call home, and have come under attack from the [[AiIsACrapShoot haywire]] [[MasterComputer Data Grid]][[hottip:*:Or "SCARAB" depending on the version]] and its vast robotic legions. An elite squadron named ''Scavenger 4'' is created to counter the threath.

* [=~2½D~=]: Levels (including boss encounters) are pre-rendered FMV cutscenes, while the player ship, enemies, and projectiles are pre-rendered sprites.