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October 4, 2024 No Responses

Iron Meat

Developer: Ivan Suvarov Publisher: Retroware Release: 09/26/24 Genre: Action Also on: Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, PS5 This one kind of crept up on me. The run and gun action genre has undergone a renaissance thanks to...

July 26, 2024 No Responses

Blowout

Developer: Terminal Reality Publisher: Majesco Release: 11/28/23 Genre: Action Also: PC, PS2, Xbox The run and gun action game was a rare commodity during the 6th generation. Even though Contra had a resurgence most developers did not want to cap...

November 19, 2021 No Responses

Doom Troopers: Mutant Chronicles

Developer: Adrenalin Entertainment Publisher: Playmates Released: 1995 Genre: Action The end of the 16-bit era saw some truly amazing side scrolling action titles. Contra: Hard Corps, Alien Soldier, Rendering Ranger R2, these were the type...

November 12, 2021 No Responses

Nightmare Busters

Developer: Arcade Zone Publisher: Super Fighter Team Released: 12/23/13 Genre: Action Its always frustrating to see what could be a good game get cancelled. In this day and age it is more common to see and to...

May 13, 2020 No Responses

Rolling Thunder 3

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: 1993 Genre: Action Namco took an early liking to the Sega Genesis, porting over many of its arcade titles and giving the system a boost early on. As well as their arcade ports they released....

August 14, 2019 one Response

Mega Turrican

Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: Data East Release: 07/07/94 Genre: Action I was not fond of Turrican. I get that it is a European classic but man, that game’s flaws were too much for me to handle. So it is ironic...

August 2, 2019 2 Responses

Super Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: JVC Released: 06/01/93 Genre: Action Super Star Wars was a sensation when it released. For the first time the Star Wars license was an excellent run and gun action platformer. It went on to big critic...

October 24, 2018 one Response

Sunset Riders

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/92 Genre: Action There were a good number of run and gun action games for the Genesis. Many of them are in the running for greatest action game of all time. A lot of...