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February 18, 2019 No Responses

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

Developer: Team Andromeda Publisher: Sega Released: 04/17/96 Genre: Rail Shooter The early launch of the Saturn was devastating not just for retailers but also for gamers. Fans were left with few options as most games were not ready until the...

November 23, 2018 one Response

Star Fox 64

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Released: 06/30/97 Genre: Rail Shooter The early months of the N64 convinced me to never buy a new console near launch ever again. The release schedule wasn’t just bad, it was dire. Wh...

October 17, 2018 No Responses

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...

October 3, 2018 one Response

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...

June 22, 2018 No Responses

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...

May 18, 2018 No Responses

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...

November 20, 2017 3 Responses

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...

November 10, 2017 No Responses

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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