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April 18, 2022 No Responses

Darius Gaiden

Developer: Taito Publisher: Acclaim Release: 01/29/96 Genre: Shooter I like the Darius series. Whether it is the weird alien fish angle or its sedate pace it scratches a different itch in my shooter brain. However it has always been secondary...

April 11, 2022 No Responses

Cho Aniki

Developer: NCS Publisher: Masaya Release: 12/25/92 Genre: Shooter If you look up Cho Aniki online you will be assaulted by burly men flexing and lots of homo sexually charged imagery. The games quickly garnered a reputation as...

March 23, 2022 No Responses

Galaga ’90

Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Released: November 1989 Genre: Shooter Galaga, like many of its classic brethren, is as perfect a game as you can make. The simple alien blasting formula was addicting and gamers lined up to...

February 28, 2022 No Responses

Sqoon

Developer: Home Data Corp. Publisher: Irem Release: 09/87 Genre: Shooter I never played Sqoon growing up. I never saw it at Blockbuster, none of my friends had it, and I never saw any reason to seek it out....

February 16, 2022 No Responses

Einhänder

Developer: Square Publisher: SCEA Release: 05/5/98 Genre: Shooter During the 16-bit era Square and RPGs were synonymous. Occasionally they dabbled in other genres like action with Front Mission: Gun Hazard but they largely stuck to their bread...

February 7, 2022 No Responses

Ordyne

Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter Namco are no stranger to the shooting genre. With Xevious, Dragon Spirit, and others under their belt you might even say they are pioneers. And a good portion of their...

January 21, 2022 No Responses

Psychosis

Developer: Dual Corporation Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter I don’t envy the developers of shooters back in the day. In the same way that platformers, first person shooters, and open world games have had their time...

December 27, 2021 No Responses

Giga Wing

Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Release: 07/2000 Genre: Shooter As with all genres by the year 2000 the shooter had long since had its time in the sun. While Westerners subsisted on scraps the genre was going through a...

December 20, 2021 No Responses

Hyper Duel

Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Technosoft Release: 11/22/96 Genre: Shooter Technosoft were a force to be reckoned with in the shooter genre. It is just a bit sad the greater public did not know this. The Thunder Force series comprise some...

December 3, 2021 No Responses

Space Megaforce

Developer: Compile Publisher: Toho Released: 1992 Genre: Shooter Who would have thought one of the SNES’s earliest shooters would be one of its best? Space Megaforce is an exceptional game that plays to the system’s strength’s whi...

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