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May 19, 2021 No Responses

Gradius 2 – Gofer no Yabou

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...

May 17, 2021 No Responses

Silkworm

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: American Sammy Released: June 1990 Genre: Action There is something to be said about preconceived notions. I avoided Silkworm back in the day because the name made it sound like a Millipede spinoff. I have not...

May 14, 2021 No Responses

Realm

Developer: Flair Software Publisher: Titus Released: 1996 Genre: Action Contra III is one of the greatest 2d action games of all time. Konami absolutely knocked it out of the park on their first try on the SNES and few games...

April 21, 2021 No Responses

Sexy Parodius

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: November 1, 1996 Genre: Shooter Platforms: Saturn, PlayStation All good things must come to an end. Parodius is one of the best shooter series that barely anyone knows in the West. But ...

April 14, 2021 No Responses

Kiaidan 00

Developer: Alfasystem Publisher: Telenet Released: October 23, 1992 Genre: Shooter Shooters cover all stripes, from the ever popular space shooter to the less common fantasy shooter. You’ve got cute em ups, bullet hell, and boss rush titles...

March 31, 2021 No Responses

Forgotten Worlds Turbo Grafx-16

Developer: Capcom Publisher: NEC Released: November 1992 Genre: Shooter I count myself as fortunate to have been present for the Sega Genesis launch. Among the early titles for the system Forgotten Worlds was one of my favorites. I thou...

March 24, 2021 No Responses

R-Type Delta

Developer: Irem Publisher: Agetec Released: July 31, 1999 Genre: Shooter I loved the shooter genre from the 8 to 16-bit era. But around the time the PlayStation and Saturn were released the genre started to lose me. Not because of...

March 22, 2021 No Responses

Galactic Attack

Developer: Taito Released: Acclaim Released: 1995 Genre: Shooter I’ve made fun of the deluge of shooters during the 16-bit era in the arcade and at home. But I do it out of love. That being said I genuinely missed the...

March 17, 2021 No Responses

Panorama Cotton

Developer: Success Publisher: Sunsoft Released: Genre: Rail Shooter The Sega Genesis and scaling sprites did not go well together. For every Outrun there were numerous games like Galaxy Force 2 and Super Thunder Blade that were a choppy...

February 24, 2021 No Responses

Fantasy Zone

Developer: Bits Laboratory Publisher: NEC Released: 1989 Genre:: Shooter I’ve loved most of Sega’s major arcade games dating back to the late 80s but the two that I have the least attachment to are Hang-On and Fantasy Zone....

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