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October 14, 2020 one Response

Starblade

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: 1994 Genre: Rail Shooter I miss the arcade. The experience of playing a game in the arcade that was technically miles ahead of what you had at home was incredible. Obviously that can never happen...

October 12, 2020 one Response

Air Fortress

Developer: HAL Laboratory Inc. Publisher: HAL America Inc. Released: Genre: Action You have to appreciate old video game marketing. Against all odds Air Fortress received a decent amount of marketing, surprising for such a low key relea...

October 7, 2020 No Responses

Heavy Unit

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...

September 23, 2020 one Response

Ranger-X

Developer: Gau Entertainment Publisher: Sega Released: 1993 Genre: Action The Sega Genesis has one of the best gaming libraries of all time. But it did not come easily. While Sega did excellent in the US and were able to garner...

September 21, 2020 3 Responses

Super Star Soldier

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...

August 26, 2020 No Responses

Atomic Robo-Kid

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...

August 19, 2020 No Responses

Air Buster

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...

August 12, 2020 No Responses

Dragon Spirit

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...

August 10, 2020 No Responses

Gyruss

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...

July 17, 2020 one Response

R-Type III: the Third Lightning

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.....

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