Life Force
I along with millions of kids always assumed that Life Force was the sequel to Gradius. It came a year later, featured an identical power-up system and even starred the same ship. And Konami certainly positioned it as such. But...
Tag: shmup
Final Blaster
Namco were one of the few third parties to support the Turbo Grafx-16 with a variety of software. Final Lap Twin and Dragon Spirit are two great games but I’m actually they were lacking with their shooter output. I would...
Elemental Master
Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Renovation Released: 1993 Genre: Shooter Platform: Genesis Anyone who is a fan of shooters knows about the Thunder Force series. Developer Technosoft proved that they were a master at the genre...
Super R-Type
Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Released: September 1991 Genre: Shooter Super R-Type was my introduction to the series. Where most had the fortune of playing versions on the Master System, Turbo Grafx or the original arcade game I was...
Macross 2036
Developer: Masaya Publisher: NCS Released: April 3, 1992 Genre: Shooter The world of video game imports was a strange place for me up until around 2001 or so. I knew it was possible to buy Japanese video games and had...
Wings of Wor
Now here’s one you don’t hear about too often. In the Sega Genesis’s library shooters starring angels of destruction can be counted on one hand with extra fingers. You would think that would be enough to give Wings of Wor...
R-Type
Of the many shooters that I have played over the decades I count three that shaped my tastes. Gradius was one of the first major shooters I ever played. There’s Zanac, which introduced me to Compile and their penchant for...
Twinkle Tale
The Cotton series of shooters are an incredible bunch that practically no one has ever heard of because only one single release came to the US. And that game is one of the rarest and most expensive retro games of...
Gradius
I’m pretty sure Gradius is one of the first shooters I’ve ever played. I’m sure that statement applies to a legion of gamers as well. There were plenty of multiplayer focused shmups on the Atari 2600 like Combat but none...
Parodius – Non Sense Fantasy
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 1992 Genre: Shooter I will forever remain jealous of European gamers for receiving the majority of the Parodius series. As a parody of the otherwise serious Gradius games Parodius could have...