Tag: shmup

I love surprises like this.  Much like the Saturn to truly get the most out of the Turbo Grafx-16 you’ll have to explore its Japanese library.  There are a wide range of titles only released in Japan and if you...

Anyone who was around in the 80s has bought more than one video game based off of screenshots, a magazine or ad.  My interest in Night Striker was peaked due to a preview in Diehard Gamefan.  It looked incredibly cool...

Developer: Hot-B     Publisher: Flying Edge     Released: 1992     Genre: Shooter As much as I loved shooters growing up they did become over saturated with releases in a very short period. The Genesis, Turbo Grafx-16 and the arcade saw an innumera...

Developer: Konami      Publisher: Konami      Released: September 1992      Genre: Shooter      Platform: SNES I think it safe to say that the shooting genre did not get off to a great start on the SNES.  Don’t get me wrong there were ma...

Developer: Red Company   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Released: 1992   Genre: Shooter There were plenty of successful mascot platformers during the 16-bit age.  The true sign of success came when the character would branch out into other genres.  Mario wou...

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Released: 03/26/93    Genre: Shooter I’ve played my fair share of shooters of all stripes. Bullet hell, cute em ups, rail shooters, the list goes on and on. I’ve adapted to some weird mechanics but I...

Developer: Home Data Corp.      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1991      Genre: Shooter      Platform: NES I can admit to being insanely jealous that Sega Master System owners had a somewhat decent version of Space Harrier.  I loved that ...