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April 17, 2020 No Responses

Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken

Developer: Sting Publisher: Sofel Released: 12/18/92 Genre: Shooter I love to be surprised by video games every now and then. The problem is as a thirty-nine year old man I am pretty set in what genres and games I like....

April 10, 2020 one Response

Blazeon

Developer: A.I. Co, Ltd Publisher: Atlus Released: 1992 Genre: Shooter The SNES saw its fair share of arcade ports initially. A lot of these titles ranged in quality. You had your classics like Turtles in Time and mediocre games like...

April 6, 2020 3 Responses

Tiger Heli

Developer: Micronics Publisher: Acclaim Released: 1987 Genre: Shooter One day I will learn why so many NES publishers turned to Micronics to develop Nintendo ports of their arcade games. You would think after seeing the sorry state of t...

March 27, 2020 one Response

Aero Fighters

Developer: Video System Publisher: McO’River Release: 11/94 Genre: Shooter Aero Fighters is a thoroughly solid game, let’s get that out of the way. It is also a game that is easy to forget. At a time when shooters were a...

February 14, 2020 No Responses

U.N. Squadron

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter With the advent of 16-bit consoles came a slew of arcade ports that were all but impossible on older hardware. Although I frequented the arcade on a regular basis it wa...

February 3, 2020 4 Responses

Zanac

Developer: Compile Publisher: FCI Released: 1987 Genre: Shooter Gradius was the game that made me appreciate the shooter genre. I had played many a shooter on the Atari 2600, some that I really loved like Demon Attack and Atlantis Attack....

January 22, 2020 No Responses

Dead Moon

Developer: Zap Publisher: Natsume Released: 1992 Genre: Shooter Everyone loves a good deal. In the age of the Steam sale these days you can find even new releases at a decent price. Back in 1992-1993 when the Turbo Grafx was...

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Battle Mania Daiginjou

Developer: Vik Tokai Publisher: Vik Tokai Released: 12/24/93 Genre: Shooter I love finding hidden gems in a system’s library. There is nothing quite like discovering a game that flew under the radar that turns out to be better than...

January 3, 2020 No Responses

Dragon Saber

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter My love of Dragon Spirit is a bit strange, I will admit. Its not that it isn’t a good game, because it is. But I think I really appreciate it because it...

December 30, 2019 No Responses

Titan Warriors

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: Cancelled Genre: Shooter As much I liked Capcom’s NES output I have to admit their shooter lineup for the system was weak. Legendary Wings was the only game I had for a long time and...

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