Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Check out Changeable Guardian Estique for yourself!
● NES: https://www.brokestudio.fr/product/changeable-guardian-estique-nes/
● Famicom: https://www.brokestudio.fr/product/chouyoku-senki-estique-fc/
● Developer's Page: cathuitrading.com/?page_id=2563

It's one thing to get new games for vintage computers & consoles, but it's another when they happen to have a team including developers who've worked on some stone cold classics involved to. That brings us to Changeable Guardian Estique, the focus on this episode - a new shmup for the NES/Famicom whose credits happen to include folks working at Compile during their peak shmup days - but does it meet that lofty legacy? Time to get blasting and find out.

Thanks for watching!

Beyond The Scanlines is a series of explorations of *interesting* games (old and new) for classic home computer and console systems.

● Series Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZAgJhaPWsQJpvpcqCxgDtI420aKxsUnI
● New Episodes Mailing list: eepurl.com/hnpZhX
● Discord: discord.gg/dypVTqYd3p
● Streams: twitch.tv/hellfire64
● Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/beyondthescanlines
● Patreon: patreon.com/robc

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:46 Story
01:41 FIghter/Robot Modes
05:11 Levels
07:11 Final Thoughts