Tag: shmup

Gradius III
April 6, 2018 7 Responses

Gradius III

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/23/91   Genre: Shooter Gradius III was one of the first shooters for the SNES and years later remains one of its best. The console port would be my first exposure to the game as well....
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Soukyugurentai
February 19, 2018 3 Responses

Soukyugurentai

Developer: Raizing    Publisher: Electronic Arts    Released: 02/07/97    Genre: Shooter I consider myself somewhat of a lapsed shooter fan. In the 8 & 16-bit era when you couldn’t sneeze without running into a shmup. But as the PlayStation and ...
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Lords of Thunder
February 14, 2018 2 Responses

Lords of Thunder

Developer: Red Company/Hudson Soft    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Released: 1993    Genre: Shooter As much as I like shooters during the 16-bit era they did become a bit stale. The vast majority fell into the space shooter category and while I like...
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Crisis Force
February 7, 2018 2 Responses

Crisis Force

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/27/91    Genre: Shooter The end of a given console’s life is usually the most interesting in terms of releases. With years of experience behind them developers tend to craft truly amazing games n...
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Raiden
February 2, 2018 2 Responses

Raiden

Developer: Seibu Kaihatsu    Publisher: NEC   Release: 1991   Genre: Shooter To the casual gaming public the name Raiden probably conjures up a certain thunder god in Mortal Kombat. Or the nancy boy in Metal Gear Solid. But for...
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Gokujou Parodius
January 5, 2018 No Responses

Gokujou Parodius

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 11/25/94    Genre: Shooter As much as I love Street Fighter I do hate what it inadvertently caused. In the 80s and early 90s arcades were home to a large variety of games in every...
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Undead Line
January 3, 2018 No Responses

Undead Line

Developer: PAL SOFT     Publisher: T&E Soft     Released: 12/20/91     Genre: Shooter I really liked Twinkle Tale, a little known Genesis import that suffered from a low print run. This brilliant game housed excellent art direction and gameplay ...
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Gley Lancer
December 13, 2017 2 Responses

Gley Lancer

Developer: NCS   Publisher: Masaya   Release: 07/17/92   Genre: Shooter I do not envy the developers of the legions of shooters in the 90s. After Gradius and R-Type revolutionized the genre everyone else was left picking up the scraps....
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Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
December 8, 2017 4 Responses

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams

Developer: Success    Publisher: TTI    Released: 04/93    Genre: Shooter Growing up there were certain games that had attained mythical status due to their rarity. Most of these games such as Radiant Silvergun, Psychic Killer Taromaru, and Harmful Pa...
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Harmful Park
November 22, 2017 one Response

Harmful Park

Developer: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd    Publisher: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd    Released: 02/14/97    Genre: Shooter By the mid-90s the shooter genre had a problem: there were too many! Whether it was on consoles or especially in the arcade no...
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