Tag: shmup

Developer: Hudson Soft     Publisher: TTI     Released: September 1992     Genre: Shooter To be honest I am amazed I like the soldier series as much as I do. I played Star Soldier on the NES early on and did not think...

Developer: Hot-B    Publisher: Sage’s Creation     Released: 1990    Genre: Shooter For as much as we craved arcade perfection back in the day it was still pretty interesting to see what changes would be made whenever a game was...

Developer: Toho     Publisher: Kaneko    Released: December 26, 1990     Genre: Shooter It really is amazing just how many shooters were released for the Genesis early on. It shouldn’t come as a surprise; the system’s fast processor made porting t...

Developer: Inter State Co.     Publisher: NEC     Released: 1991     Genre: Shooter I was not a fan of the original Star Soldier.  I’ll admit that it was probably due to timing; I played it years after its initial release.  But even that...

Developer: UPL Co., Ltd.    Publisher: Treco    Released: 1990    Genre: Shooter I enjoy a good shooter. Since the Atari 2600 days the genre has been one of my favorites. Up until bullet hell took over I still enjoyed...

Developer: Kaneko    Publisher: Kaneko    Released: 1991    Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters is one of my favorite Turbo Grafx-16 games. At a time where I had few games for the system it was a bright spot. It would be...

Developer: Namco     Publisher NEC     Released: November 1989     Genre: Shooter Dragon’s Spirit is one of the earliest arcade games I ever played which is partly why I’m so fond of it.  The game is also good to boot so it isn’t...

Gyruss was a favorite of mine in the arcade back in the 80s. After playing the likes of Gradius and Space Invaders it was a nice change of pace in terms of its viewpoint and mechanics. Of course the younger...

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Jaleco    Released: 1994     Genre: Shooter I love R-Type III!  R-Type has been one of the best series of shooters for almost three decades and R-Type III continues that fine tradition.  But the series did not have a.....