Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony, also known as simply Jamestown, is a vertically scrolling shooter developed and released by Final Form Games in 2011. The game takes place on Mars in an alternate historysteampunk 17th century, where the planet is an English colony contested by the Spanish and the indigenous Martians.
Jamestown features mechanics similar to many other shooters. There are 4 types of ships available, each with a primary and secondary attack, and a "Vaunt Mode" which the player can trigger when enough gold from destroyed enemies has been collected. When this mode is engaged the ship gains a temporary shield, increased firepower and a score multiplier for a limited time, which can be prolonged and increased by collecting more gold.
The game is playable in both regular singleplayer mode and in a local multiplayer mode supporting up to 4 players.
Jamestown and Jamestown+ received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4][5]IGN called the PC version "an accessible, punchy shooter with some clever mechanics at play and a surprising level of depth hiding beneath the 16-bit surface".[12]1UP.com praised its approachable, escalating difficulty, the 16-bit style graphics and its soundtrack.[6]
Jamestown was selected as one of the "PAX 10" (a selection of the years best indie games) for the PAX Prime 2011 convention.[17] The game was added to the Humble Indie Bundle 4 on December 13, 2011.
^Heisler, Steve; Agnello, Anthony John; Nelson, Samantha; Kaiser, Rowan; VanDerWerff, Todd; Teti, John (July 18, 2011). "July 18, 2011 ("Jamestown")". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
