{"id":30185,"date":"2026-01-12T10:56:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30173"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:56:53","slug":"super-storm-buster-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/review\/super-storm-buster-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"New SNES Blaster Super Storm Buster Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Super Storm Buster<\/strong> is a new <strong>SNES<\/strong> shmup announced by retro publisher <strong>PixelHeart<\/strong>. The side-scrolling shooter will be launched via a crowdfunding campaign on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/pixelheart\/super-storm-buster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kickstarter<\/strong><\/a> at a later date. Currently, the developer is asking interested gamers to register their interest by wishlisting the project on the <strong>Kickstarter<\/strong> page. Once funded, the game will be released in European, American, and Japanese versions so that it will fit neatly into any <strong>SNES<\/strong> fan\u2019s collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press statement, <strong>PixelHeart<\/strong> said. \u201c<strong>Super<\/strong> <strong>Storm<\/strong> <strong>Buster<\/strong> is a space shoot\u2019em up developed specifically for the <strong>SNES<\/strong>, staying true to the spirit of classic 16-bit shooters while pushing the hardware in its own way. The game\u2019s core strength lies in its ability to display a very high number of projectiles on screen at the same time, a real technical challenge on <strong>SNES<\/strong> hardware. Gameplay focuses on positioning, space control, and reading dense bullet patterns rather than fast-paced reflex action.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key features in <strong>Super<\/strong> <strong>Storm<\/strong> <strong>Buster<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projectile-heavy stages that push the <strong>SNES<\/strong> to its limits<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massive bosses take up a large portion of the screen<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dark science-fiction atmosphere centered on the survival of a besieged city<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A design approach that respects the technical constraints and characteristics of the SNES<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30175 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/super-storm-buster-2.gif\" alt=\"super storm buster 2\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Storm Buster is a new SNES shmup announced by retro publisher PixelHeart. The side-scrolling shooter will be launched via a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter at a later date. Currently, the developer is asking interested gamers to register their interest by wishlisting the project on the Kickstarter page. Once funded, the game will be released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[63,64,65],"class_list":["post-30185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-pixelheart","tag-snes","tag-super-storm-buster"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}