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August 12, 2024 No Responses

Formation Armed F

Developer: Manjyudo Publisher: Pack-In-Video Release: 03/23/90 Genre: Shooter I like shooters. I am going by the old school definition of the word, or what we call shmups today. From my early days with Gradius and R-Type to...

June 19, 2024 No Responses

Atomic Robo-Kid Special

Developer: UPL Publisher: UPL Release: 01/19/90 Genre: Shooter In the early years of the Sega Genesis I played almost everything. You were not exactly spoiled for choice pre-Sonic but there were definitely some interesting titles released, especiall...

June 12, 2024 No Responses

Curse

Developer: Micronet Publisher: Micronet Release: 12/23/89 Genre: Shooter By all respects Curse should be a game that is instantly forgettable. The Sega Genesis did not suffer from a lack of shooters even early on. And yet this...

May 22, 2024 No Responses

Thunder Force V – Perfect System

Developer: Technosoft Publisehr: Working Designs Release: 11/13/98 Genre: Shooter With the advent of 3d the shooter genre was in a weird place. For the most part most developers were content to pump out exquisite 2d games that would never...

May 13, 2024 No Responses

Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart

Developer: Manjyudo Publisher: I’Max Release: 01/04/92 Genre: Shooter Well at this point I’ve played both Chou Aniki games for the PC Engine I might as well keep the oddball streak going. Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart...

April 15, 2024 No Responses

Terra Cresta II

Developer: Make Software Publisher: Nichibutsu Release: 11/27/92 Genre: Shooter Terra Cresta is a game I thought very little of. It is not a bad game but at the same time it did not stand out. While the...

February 19, 2024 No Responses

Strikers 1945

Developer: Psikyo Publisher: Atlus Release: 06/28/96 Genre: Shooter Imitation is a sincere form of flattery. Strikers 1945 bears more than a passing resemblance to Capcom’s 19XX series, down to the player ships and level design. But it...

January 10, 2024 No Responses

Truxton

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Sega Release: 12/89 Genre: Shooter Truxton was a random rental back in the day before the Sega Genesis library exploded. What little I remember from my time with it is that it was brutally difficult and...

December 25, 2023 one Response

Summer Carnival ’92 Recca

Developer: KID Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 07/17/92 Genre: Shooter Absolutely incredible. That is all I can say. Summer Carnival ’92 Recca is the most technically accomplished game on the NES let alone in the shooter category. In terms of...

December 22, 2023 No Responses

Nexzr

Developer: Inter State Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 12/11/92 Genre: Shooter It is inevitable. When you have so many shooters on one platform eventually they will start to blend together. It does not help that most are content...

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