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January 25, 2017 3 Responses

Gate of Thunder

Developer: Red Publisher: Hudson Released: 10/10/92 Genre: Shooter I distinctly remember thinking TTI and NEC could turn things around for the Turbo Grafx with the Turbo Duo. As an owner of the system for a brief period I genuinely...

January 16, 2017 No Responses

Fuzzical Fighter

Developer: Make Software Publisher: Sigma Enterprises Released: 05/17/91 Genre: Shooter I loved the Guardian Legend when I got it for Christmas as a surprise gift in 1990. There was nothing else like it and I loved both shooters and...

December 7, 2016 No Responses

Download

Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 06/22/90 Genre: Shooter I love surprises like this. Much like the Saturn to truly get the most out of the Turbo Grafx-16 you’ll have to explore its Japanese library. There are a wide rang...

November 30, 2016 No Responses

Night Striker

Developer: Aisystem Tokyo Publisher: Taito Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Shooter Anyone who was around in the 80s has bought more than one video game based off of screenshots, a magazine or ad. My interest in Night Striker was peaked due to...

November 24, 2016 No Responses

Steel Empire

Developer: Hot-B Publisher: Flying Edge Released: 1992 Genre: Shooter As much as I loved shooters growing up they did become over saturated with releases in a very short period. The Genesis, Turbo Grafx-16 and the arcade saw an innumera...

November 11, 2016 4 Responses

Axelay

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 09/92 Genre: Shooter I think it safe to say that the shooting genre had a rough start on the SNES. Don’t get me wrong there were many great games in that initial batch. However you...

October 28, 2016 2 Responses

Air Zonk

Developer: Red Company Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 1992 Genre: Shooter There were plenty of successful mascot platformers during the 16-bit age. The true sign of success came when the character would branch out into other genres. Mario would...

October 25, 2016 5 Responses

Pop’n Twinbee

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 03/26/93 Genre: Shooter I’ve played my fair share of shooters of all stripes. Bullet hell, cute em ups, rail shooters, the list goes on and on. I’ve adapted to some weird mechanics but I...

October 20, 2016 No Responses

Tetrastar the Fighter

Developer: Home Data Corp. Publisher: Taito Released: 05/24/91 Genre: Shooter I can admit to being insanely jealous that Sega Master System owners had a somewhat decent version of Space Harrier. I loved that game in the arcade and would...

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