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...
Tag: shmup
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....
Blazing Lazers
Developer: Compile Publisher: NEC Release: 11/89 Genre: Shooter I was not impressed by the Turbo Grafx initially. It did not help that I got the system in 1992, when the price had dropped to $50. By then the SNES...
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...
S.C.A.T.
Developer: Natsume Publisher: Natsume Release: 06/91 Genre: Shooter I’ve seen my share of ridiculous video game titles but this one is probably the most tragic. Although S.C.A.T. is an acronym and more than likely flew over the heads of...
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...
Gaiares
Developer: Telenet Publisher: Renovation Release: 03/91 Genre: Shooter The Sega Genesis diverse lineup of shooters is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand there are some truly awful games in there as you would expect. But...
Sinistron
Developer: AlfaSystem Release: IGS Release: 1991 Genre: Shooter Sinistron is a weird one. Although it was released two years after the Turbo Grafx debuted in America it still bore the look of an early release. That is...
Robo Aleste
Developer: Compile Publisher: Tengen Release: 1993 Genre: Shooter The Sega CD is the butt of many jokes in plenty of circles. To some extent it does deserve some of the ridicule regarding its library. While Sega of Japan...
Dragon Spirit – the New Legend
Developer: Namco Publisher: Bandai Released: 1990 Genre: Shooter I have always liked Dragon Spirit more than most shooters. It was one of the few arcade games I ever came close to finishing before the inevitable home port which probably....