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August 3, 2018 No Responses

Strike Gunner S.T.G

Developer: Athena Publisher: NTVIC Release: 10/15/92 Genre: Shooter I do not know how many of you remember video rental stores like Blockbuster and Hollywood video. But they were awesome. At a time where new games cost $50-$80...

July 4, 2018 No Responses

Arrow Flash

Developer: I.T.L. Publisher: Renovation Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter By the mid-90s the US market was overrun with shooters. If you owned a Turbo Grafx, Genesis or Neo Geo you had more choices than you knew what to...

June 15, 2018 No Responses

Märchen Adventure Cotton 100%

Developer: Success Publisher: Datam Polystar Release: 04/22/94 Genre: Shooter It is strange looking back on it but shooters starring witches had their day in the sun like caveman platformers. At least in Japan. While a few hidden gems...

June 6, 2018 No Responses

Android Assault

Developer: Human Entertainment Publisher: Big Fun Games Release: 1994 Genre: Shooter Looking back the Sega CD managed to build up a decent shooter library all things considered. While a sizable chunk of its library is composed of...

May 30, 2018 No Responses

Silpheed: the Lost Planet

Developer: Treasure Publisher: Working Designs Release: 04/10/01 Genre: Shooter By the end of the 32-bit era the modern shooter was all but gone from the West. While we would occasionally get a home port of the really cool arcade...

May 23, 2018 No Responses

Gradius Gaiden

Developer: KCE Tokyo Publisher: Konami Released: 08/28/97 Genre: Shooter I’m not much of a fan of mobile gaming but I do appreciate that it has given shooters a second life in the US. The slow, agonizing near death of...

May 9, 2018 2 Responses

Gun-Nac

Developer: Compile Publisher: Ascii Released: 09/91 Genre: Shooter Zanac was one of the earliest NES shooters I ever played after Gradius. While Konami’s classic my introduction to the modern shooter Zanac felt like the next step with...

May 4, 2018 2 Responses

Silpheed

Developer: Game Arts Publisher: Sega Release: 1993 Genre: Shooter Star Fox was a watershed moment for console gaming, as hard as it may be to believe. 3d games had appeared on consoles before but in a limited capacity. But...

April 27, 2018 No Responses

Spriggan Powered

Developer: Micronics Publisher: Naxat Soft Released: 07/26/96 Genre: Shooter Spriggan Powered is a game that I discovered through the magic of emulation. While I devoured any and all gaming publications growing up they could only cover so m...

April 13, 2018 No Responses

Aldynes

Developer: Produce Co. Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 02/22/91 Genre: Shooter It’s interesting to look back at the reception of the Turbo Grafx-16. In America it was a distant third place behind the SNES and Genesis. But in...

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