Blazing Wings
Blazing Wings is a freeware remake of Wings of Death, developed with Game
Maker and using the games’ original graphics but with remixed music and new
voices. It is a vertically-scrolling shooter where the player controls a
dragon in fantasy-themed levels.
Each level ends with a level boss and has a different setting. The dragon has
an unlimited amount of weapons and two lives to start with. Multiple hits can
be taken before a life is lost. The gameplay is hectic, often facing more than
10 enemies at once, with both fixed targets and patterned waves. Through
destroying enemies, the player gains points as well as power-ups. These
contain extra lives, a shield, health, bonus points or a meteor rain. The
weapon upgrades are not progressive, and it is possible to downgrade a maximum
upgrade by picking up a minor power-up. Basic upgrades includes split fire,
larger bullets, and beams, but there are also items that morph the dragon into
a larger creature, along with two sidekicks. Anti-power-ups, marked by a
skull, drain energy.
In this version, the starting level can be selected from the main menu right
away.
Blazing Wings