Tag: shmup

Rainbow Cotton
June 28, 2021 No Responses

Rainbow Cotton

Developer: Success     Publisher: Success     Released: 01/20/00    Genre: Shooter Ah Cotton, one of the most infamous series of shooters that most have never heard of. Developers Success released hit after hit in the series and inadvertently created one of the...
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Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
June 16, 2021 No Responses

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar

Developer Technosoft    Publisher: Sega    Released: 1992    Genre: Shooter Someday we will learn why Sega renamed Thunder Force IV to Lightening Force. Silly name change aside, if you are even a slight fan of the shooter genre you need to buy...
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Thunder Spirits
June 4, 2021 No Responses

Thunder Spirits

Developer: Toshiba EMI    Publisher: Seika     Released: 06/92    Genre: Shooter Multiplatform games between the Sega Genesis, SNES, and to a lesser extent the Turbo Grafx-16 were common. Legions of 2d platformers and fighting games are shared between ...
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In the Hunt
May 28, 2021 No Responses

In the Hunt

Developer: Xing/SMS    Publisher: Kokopeli     Released: 1996     Genre: Shooter The late 80s and early 90s saw shooters of all kinds. From your standard space shooter to the occasional medieval fantasy romp like Elemental Master, the genre covered ne...
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Gradius 2 – Gofer no Yabou
May 19, 2021 No Responses

Gradius 2 – Gofer no Yabou

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 12/18/92     Genre: Shooter One of my biggest gaming disappointments is that the Famicom version of Gradius 2 never left Japan. Like many I assumed Life Force was that game. But when EGM previewe...
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Sexy Parodius
April 21, 2021 No Responses

Sexy Parodius

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Released: 11/01/96    Genre: Shooter All good things must come to an end. Parodius is one of the best shooter series that barely anyone knows in the West. But after multiple entries Sexy Parodius would be...
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Kiaidan 00
April 14, 2021 No Responses

Kiaidan 00

Developer: AlfaSystem    Publisher: Telenet    Released: 10/23/92    Genre: Shooter Shooters cover all stripes, from the ever popular space shooter to the less common fantasy shooter. You’ve got cute em ups, bullet hell, and boss rush titles too. Yet.....
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Forgotten Worlds Turbo Grafx-16
March 31, 2021 No Responses

Forgotten Worlds Turbo Grafx-16

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: NEC    Released: 11/92    Genre: Shooter I count myself as fortunate to have been present for the Sega Genesis launch. Among the early titles for the system Forgotten Worlds was one of my favorites. I thought it was...
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R-Type Delta
March 24, 2021 No Responses

R-Type Delta

Developer: Irem     Publisher: Agetec     Released: July 31, 1999     Genre: Shooter I loved the shooter genre from the 8 to 16-bit era. But around the time the PlayStation and Saturn were released the genre started to lose me. Not because of...
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Galactic Attack
March 22, 2021 No Responses

Galactic Attack

Developer: Taito     Released: Acclaim     Released: 1995     Genre: Shooter I’ve made fun of the deluge of shooters during the 16-bit era in the arcade and at home. But I do it out of love. That being said I genuinely missed the...
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