▁and ▁difficulty ▁settings . ▁This ▁version ▁later ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 4 ▁and ▁X box ▁One ▁digital ▁store front s ▁on ▁February ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁Bla zing ▁Star ▁is ▁also ▁included ▁in ▁SN K ' s ▁Ne o ▁Ge o ▁M ini ▁dedicated ▁console . ▁ ▁A ▁port ▁developed ▁by ▁D ot E mu ▁for ▁Microsoft ▁Windows , ▁OS ▁X , ▁Linux ▁and ▁as m . js ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁SN K ▁Play more ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Hum ble ▁NE O GE O ▁ 2 5 th ▁An ni versary ▁Bundle ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁released ▁on ▁GO G . com ▁on ▁May ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁▁ ▁Crit ics ▁comm ended ▁Bla zing ▁Star ▁as ▁a ▁test ament ▁to ▁SN K ' s ▁dev otion ▁to ▁the ▁Ne o ▁Ge o ▁hardware ▁and ▁keeping ▁classic ▁gen res ▁such ▁as ▁shoot ▁' em ▁ups ▁alive . ▁Edge ▁wrote ▁that ▁side - scroll ing ▁shoot ers ▁were ▁rare ▁to ▁find , ▁but ▁the ▁game ▁should ▁satisfy ▁fans ▁of ▁the ▁genre . ▁They ▁pra ised ▁the ▁color ful ▁background s ▁and ▁ 3 D ▁special ▁effects . ▁Video ▁Games ▁agreed ▁that ▁the ▁graphics ▁were ▁nice , ▁but ▁felt ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁background s ▁were ▁pale ▁and ▁it ▁ultimately ▁did ▁not ▁offer ▁" The ▁Ult imate ▁in ▁Ne o ▁Ge o ▁graphics " ▁as ▁was ▁advert ised