shmup Archives – Page 17 of 18

July 10, 2017 one Response

Life Force

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/88 Genre: Shooter I along with millions of kids always assumed Life Force was the sequel to Gradius. It would come a year later, feature an identical power-up system and even star the same...

June 26, 2017 No Responses

Final Blaster

Developer: Aisystem Tokyo Publisher: Namco Release: 09/28/90 Genre: Shooter Namco were one of the few third parties to support the Turbo Grafx-16 with a variety of software. Final Lap Twin and Dragon Spirit are two great games but I’m...

May 31, 2017 3 Responses

Elemental Master

Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Renovation Released: 1993 Genre: Shooter Anyone who is a fan of shooters knows about the Thunder Force series. Developer Technosoft proved that they were a master at the genre with those titles but they were j...

May 26, 2017 one Response

Super R-Type

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Released: 09/91 Genre: Shooter Super R-Type was my introduction to the series. Where most had the fortune of playing versions on the Master System, Turbo Grafx or the original arcade game I was not as for...

April 12, 2017 2 Responses

Macross 2036

Developer: Masaya Publisher: NCS Released: April 3, 1992 Genre: Shooter The world of video game imports was a strange place for me up until around 2001 or so. I knew it was possible to buy Japanese video games and had...

March 1, 2017 No Responses

Wings of Wor

Developer: NSC Publisher: Dreamworks Release: 08/08/91 Genre: Shooter Now here’s one you do not hear about often. In the Sega Genesis’s library shooters starring angels of destruction can be counted on one hand with extra fingers. You w...

February 22, 2017 4 Responses

R-Type

Developer: Irem Publisher: NEC Release: 09/89 Genre: Shooter Of the many shooters that I have played over the decades I count three that shaped my tastes. Gradius was one of the first major shooters I ever played. There’s...

February 8, 2017 one Response

Twinkle Tale

Developer: Zap Corporation Publisher: Wonder Amusement Studio Release: 07/24/92 Genre: Shooter The Cotton series of shooters are an incredible bunch that had a low profile because one single release came to the US until recently. And that...

January 30, 2017 7 Responses

Gradius

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/86 Genre: Shooter I am pretty sure Gradius was one of my first shooters outside of the Atari 2600. That statement applies to a legion of gamers as well. There were plenty of multiplayer...

January 27, 2017 3 Responses

Parodius – Non Sense Fantasy

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 07/03/92 Genre: Shooter I will forever remain jealous of European gamers for receiving the majority of the Parodius series. As a parody of the otherwise serious Gradius games Parodius could ...

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