shmup Archives – Page 13 of 19

January 30, 2019 No Responses

Bio-Ship Paladin

Developer: UPL Publisher: UPL Release: 09/30/91 Genre: Shooter Here in America we received the vast majority of the Sega Genesis’ shooter library but there were some curious omissions that were very interesting from a gameplay perspective. Whether you consider it...

January 25, 2019 one Response

Aero Blasters

Developer: Inter State Publisher: NEC Release: 01/91 Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters was one of the first Turbo Grafx-16 games I ever played. After the disappointment of Keith Courage it helped to give me a favorable impression of...

December 21, 2018 one Response

Salamander

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/06/91 Genre: Shooter Life Force, alongside Gradius, was one of the defining shooters of my childhood. It was one of the first vertical (yes, I know it switches) shooters I had ever played which...

December 5, 2018 No Responses

Phelios

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 10/90 Genre: Shooter In the course of reviewing games for this website it is interesting to revisit games I was once fond of. Phelios is not a particularly noteworthy title and not even one...

November 28, 2018 No Responses

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...

November 14, 2018 No Responses

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....

October 31, 2018 3 Responses

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...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

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...

October 5, 2018 No Responses

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...

September 21, 2018 No Responses

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...

« Previous 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 19 Next »