The Great Battle IV

The Great Battle IV

Developer: Sun L   Publisher: Banpresto    Release: 12/17/94    Genre: Action I have to give Banpresto credit, they certainly cannot be accused of resting on their laurels when it came to the Compati Hero series. Where the first game was a middling...
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JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II

JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II

Developer: Square    Publisher: Square    Release: 12/07/87    Genre: Action 3-D World Runner was not a personal favorite of mine but I could at least appreciate what it was trying to do. It could have been a great game if not for...
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Dragon Blaze

Dragon Blaze

Developer: Psikyo   Publisher: 505 Games   Release: 06/23/06    Genre: Shooter Ah yes, bullet hell, my eternal nemesis. I have been a shooter fan my entire life. At one point I even prided myself at being pretty good at...
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Override

Override

Developer: Sting    Publisher: Data East    Release: 01/08/91    Genre: Shooter Data East and shooters are not three words that go together. While they developed a plethora of awesome top down shooters the traditional shmup from their stable was rare....
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Akumajou Special-Boku Dracula Kun

Akumajou Special-Boku Dracula Kun

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 10/12/90    Genre: Platformer For as prolific as Konami were in the US there were still a legion of titles they left behind in Japan. What makes this even more surprising is that they even created...
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Undercover Cops

Undercover Cops

Developer: Varie     Publisher: Irem     Released: 03/03/95     Genre: Beat ’em up If you were to explore nearly any publisher’s back catalog you’ll find plenty of hidden classics that have gone unnoticed. That is extremely evident with Ir...
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Coryoon

Coryoon

Developer: Naxat Soft    Publisher: Naxat Soft    Release: 11/29/91    Genre: Shooter Of the many, many shooters available for the Turbo Grafx-16 Air Zonk is one of my favorites. The combination of insane production values and great mechanics still ra...
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Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie

Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie

Developer: Winky Soft    Pubisher: Zamuse    Released: 10/29/93    Genre: Shooter For as much as I lament the inability of the various Macross series to come to the US it is an even bigger shame that the game’s suffer the same...
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The Firemen

The Firemen

Developer: Human Entertainment    Publisher: Human Entertainment   Release: 1994    Genre: Action Today we have thousands of games released a year on Steam alone. Yet even with that deluge of content games about firefighting are still rare. Sega gave us....
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Ninja Gaiden (PC Engine)

Ninja Gaiden (PC Engine)

Developer: Tecmo     Publisher: Hudson Soft     Released: 01/24/92     Genre: Action If I had to make a list of the games I have spent the most time with Ninja Gaiden would be in the top five. The amount of hours I have...
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