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March 11, 2026 No Responses

Fire Shark

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Dreamworks Release: 11/90 Genre: Shooter I like Toaplan’s shooter output but will admit that a good portion of it is a bit repetitive. They sure did love that World War II setting. Flying Shark...

November 28, 2025 No Responses

Castle Shikigami 2

Developer: AlfaSystem Co. Publisher: XS Games Release: 11/17/04 Genre: Shooter Here is a fun fact: the PlayStation 2 has one of the greatest shooter libraries of all time. By virtue of the system being more powerful than...

November 19, 2025 No Responses

Zanac x Zanac

Developer: Compile Publisher: Compile Release: 11/29/01 Genre: Shooter I credit Gradius and Zanac for my love of the shooter genre. While I like Asteroids I was never a fan of score chasing. Those two titles not only...

October 13, 2025 No Responses

Image Fight (NES)

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 07/90 Genre: Shooter R-Type was sorely missed on the NES. As the undisputed king of the console market you would expect one of the most popular arcade games of the day to hit...

August 6, 2025 No Responses

Earthion

Developer: Ancient Publisher: Limited Run Games Release: 07/31/25 Genre: Shooter Also on: Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series (09/25), Genesis (2026) Windows version...

May 16, 2025 No Responses

Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 07/03/97 Genre: Compilation Watching the shooter bubble burst was a pretty sad event. Seeing one of the most prosperous genres reduced to near nothing heading in to the 32-bit era was disheartening....

May 7, 2025 No Responses

Hellfire S

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 04/12/91 Genre: Shooter Zero Wing has been the butt of internet jokes for a few decades now and rightfully so. That localization is downright hilarious. But underneath that is a game that...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Electro Brain Release: 12/15/98 Genre: Shooter As a shooter fan growing up the Star Soldier series was a staple of the genre. From its various entries on the NES to its blowout on...

March 17, 2025 No Responses

DonPachi

Developer: Cave Publisher: Atlus Release: 04/26/96 Genre: Shooter The shmup genre is notable for being hard. That is one of the ways it derives its replay value. To complete some of the best shooters out there will require...

March 10, 2025 No Responses

Cyber Core

Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter I freely admit that I did not give Cyber Core a chance back in the day. The box art did it no favors but you can say that about almost all...

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