Silent Assault
Developer: Joy Van Publisher: Color Dreams Release: 1990 Genre: Action Contra is one of my favorite NES games of all time. Even though I am not much of a multiplayer gamer these days when I was young...
Tag: run-and-gun
Iron Meat
Developer: Ivan Suvarov Publisher: Retroware Release: 09/26/24 Genre: Action Also on: Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, PS5 This one kind of crept up on me. The run and gun act...
Blowout
Developer: Terminal Reality Publisher: Majesco Release: 11/28/23 Genre: Action Also: PC, PS2, Xbox The run and gun action game was a rare commodity during the 6th generation. Even though Contra had a resurgence most developers did not want to cap...
Doom Troopers: Mutant Chronicles
Developer: Adrenalin Entertainment Publisher: Playmates Released: 1995 Genre: Action The end of the 16-bit era saw some truly amazing side scrolling action titles. Contra: Hard Corps, Alien Soldier, Rendering Ranger R2, these were the type...
Nightmare Busters
Developer: Arcade Zone Publisher: Super Fighter Team Released: 12/23/13 Genre: Action Its always frustrating to see what could be a good game get cancelled. In this day and age it is more common to see and to...
Rolling Thunder 3
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: 1993 Genre: Action Namco took an early liking to the Sega Genesis, porting over many of its arcade titles and giving the system a boost early on. As well as their arcade ports they released...
Mega Turrican
Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: Data East Release: 07/07/94 Genre: Action I was not fond of Turrican. I get that it is a European classic but man, that game’s flaws were too much for me to handle. So it is ironic...
Super Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back
Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: JVC Released: 06/01/93 Genre: Action Super Star Wars was a sensation when it released. For the first time the Star Wars license was an excellent run and gun action platformer. It went on to big critic...
Sunset Riders
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/92 Genre: Action There were a good number of run and gun action games for the Genesis. Many of them are in the running for greatest action game of all time. A lot of...