Earthion
Developer: Ancient Publisher: Limited Run Games Release: 07/31/25 Genre: Shooter Also on: Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series (09/25), Genesis (2026) Windows version...
Tag: shooter
Battle Garegga
Developer: Raizing Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: 02/26/96 Genre: Shooter In the early 2000s I learned about a great many shooters on internet forums. While Radiant Silvergun and Dodonpachi dominated the conversation there were a few others...
Power Gate
Developer: Pack-in-Video Publisher: Pack-in-Video Release: 08/30/91 Genre: Shooter Sometimes I wonder what goes through the minds of developers that release a subpar game. The PC Engine is a shooter paradise with a library that rivals the best o...
Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 07/03/97 Genre: Compilation Watching the shooter bubble burst was a pretty sad event. Seeing one of the most prosperous genres reduced to near nothing heading in to the 32-bit era was disheartening....
Hellfire S
Developer: Toaplan Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 04/12/91 Genre: Shooter Zero Wing has been the butt of internet jokes for a few decades now and rightfully so. That localization is downright hilarious. But underneath that is a game that...
AD & D: DragonStrike
Developer: Westwood Publisher: FCI Release: 07/92 Genre: Shooter This has to be one of the strangest Dungeons & Dragons titles ever made. There are many AD&D games for the NES, some of them even exclusive to Japan. Unfortunately...
Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Electro Brain Release: 12/15/98 Genre: Shooter As a shooter fan growing up the Star Soldier series was a staple of the genre. From its various entries on the NES to its blowout on...
DonPachi
Developer: Cave Publisher: Atlus Release: 04/26/96 Genre: Shooter The shmup genre is notable for being hard. That is one of the ways it derives its replay value. To complete some of the best shooters out there will require...
Xeno Crisis (Genesis)
Developer: Bitmap Bureau Publisher: Bitmap Bureau Release: 10/28/19 Genre: Action Twin stick shooters were not common during the 16-bit era and on the Genesis even more so. Smash T.V. is the most notable of these but its Genesis port suffer...
Cyber Core
Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter I freely admit that I did not give Cyber Core a chance back in the day. The box art did it no favors but you can say that about almost all...