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Have You Played… Velocity 2X?

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.

If I wasn’t writing about games, I likely would never have heard of Futurlab’s Velocity. It was a top down shooter that had a unique hook: what if your space ship could teleport? The result was a slick game that was a lot of fun to play. Velocity 2X added 2D platformer sections interlaced in most levels. It was even better!

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