DUX is a scrolling shooter

Shoot 'em up

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 video game Independent developed

Independent video game development

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 by HUCAST.net & KonTechs Ltd. for the Sega

Sega

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 Dreamcast. The game was released on 17 June 2009 worldwide. There is also a 500-print limited edition

Special edition

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 DUX with a game soundtrack on a separate disk. The game is available from HUCAST.net, Play-Asia

Play-Asia

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 and various other retailers.

Director's Cut

The HUcast website links to a twitter

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 account under the name "Fresh Dux" which tweets that Dux 1.5 is in development since July 2011

Reception

Bordersdown (previously NTSC-uk) scored the game 6/10 commending how the "simple but colourful packaging theme extends throughout the presentation, from the menus to the game stages themselves and it works, with the VGA visuals being a treat to view" but noted that "anyone playing for scores will be disappointed because a bug in the first stage to do with the checkpoint system means it's only worth playing for survival."

See also

• Last Hope (video game)
  Last Hope (video game)
  Last Hope is a single-player side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game for the Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, and Dreamcast systems. It was developed by German indie developer NG:DEV.TEAM in 2006. While the Neo Geo version was self-published, the Dreamcast version was released by redspotgames in January...
  
  
• Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles
  Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles
  Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles is an Independent developed commercial videogame developed by Yuan Works, a company based in Costa Rica. It is a puzzle game for the GP2X and Sega Dreamcast that combines strategy and action. As of January 31st, 2011, the game is freely available for Windows...
  
  
• List of commercially released independently developed Dreamcast games
• Independent video game development
  Independent video game development
  Independent video game development is the process of creating video games without the financial support of a video game publisher. While large firms can create independent games, they are usually designed by an individual or a small team of as many as ten people, depending on the complexity of the...