Tag: shmup

Developer: Alfasystem    Publisher: NEC Avenue    Released: March 29, 1991    Genre: Shooter In my early days of diving into the PC Engine library Download is a title that stood out immediately. The name was intriguing in itself but...

Developer: Jorudan    Publisher: Vik Tokai     Released: 1992     Genre: Shooter I’m pretty sure all of us old school gamers have been in this situation before. You go to your local rental store looking for some weekend entertainment. But all of...

Developer: NMK Co. Ltd     Publisher: Treco     Released: 1991     Genre: Shooter Military themed games are not really my purview. Don’t get me wrong, I can enjoy a Metal Gear or occasional Call of Duty provided the game is...

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Released: June 1990    Genre: Shooter Star Soldier was a big hit on the NES and one of the first big shooter series after Gradius. This was in Japan, where the series became a staple...

Developer: Success     Publisher: Success     Released: January 20, 2000    Genre: Shooter Ah Cotton, one of the most infamous series of shooters that most have never heard of. Developers Success released hit after hit in the series and inadvertently...

Developer Technosoft    Publisher: Sega    Released: 1992    Genre: Shooter Someday we will learn why Sega renamed Thunder Force IV to Lightening Force. Silly name change aside, if you are even a slight fan of the shooter genre you need to buy...

Developer: Toshiba EMI    Publisher: Seika     Released: June 1992    Genre: Shooter Multiplatform games between the Sega Genesis, SNES, and to a lesser extent the Turbo Grafx-16 were common. Legions of 2d platformers and fighting games are shared betw...

Developer: Xing/SMS    Publisher: Kokopeli     Released: 1996     Genre: Shooter The late 80s and early 90s saw shooters of all kinds. From your standard space shooter to the occasional medieval fantasy romp like Elemental Master, the genre covered ne...

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: December 18, 1992     Genre: Shooter One of my biggest gaming disappointments is that the Famicom version of Gradius 2 never left Japan. Like many I assumed Life Force was that game. But when EGM...