Space Harrier II

Space Harrier II

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 08/14/89    Genre: Rail Shooter When the Sega Genesis launched it came out of left field for me. There were not many video game publications at the time and aside from Nintendo Power I read few...
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Galaxy Force II

Galaxy Force II

Developer: CRI   Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991   Genre: Rail Shooter As a fan of arcade games growing up I looked forward to the inevitable home ports. Owning an NES meant that you were used to compromises but it worked...
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Shien’s Revenge

Shien’s Revenge

Developer: Almanic Corp    Publisher: Vik Tokai     Released: 1994     Genre: Action I must confess that as much as I vet my gaming purchases occasionally I hsve taken a chance on a random title. Shien’s Revenge is a game I had only...
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Star Fox

Star Fox

Developer: Argonaut/Nintendo     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: 03/23/93     Genre: Rail Shooter I’m not ashamed to admit that I scoffed at Star Fox initially. In 1993 16-bit continued the stride started in 1992 with beautiful 2d games appeari...
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Panzer Dragoon

Panzer Dragoon

Developer: Team Andromeda    Publisher: Sega    Release: 05/11/95   Genre: Rail Shooter Sega’s surprise launch of the Saturn in May of 1995 was disastrous for a number of reasons. Retailers were not prepared, gamers certainly were not, and more import...
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Cosmic Epsilon

Cosmic Epsilon

Developer: Home Data Corp    Publisher: Asmik    Release: 11/24/89    Genre: Rail Shooter I have to admit to being a bit jealous of the Famicom library at times. Make no mistake, the NES had a fantastic library overall, full of classics that...
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