Soldier Blade
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: TTI Released: 09/92 Genre: Shooter To be honest I am amazed I like the soldier series as much as I do. I played Star Soldier on the NES early on and did not think much...
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Insector-X
Developer: Hot-B Publisher: Sage’s Creation Released: 1990 Genre: Shooter For as much as we craved arcade perfection back in the day it was still pretty interesting to see what changes would be made whenever a game was...
Heavy Unit
Developer: Toho Publisher: Kaneko Released: 12/26/90 Genre: Shooter It is amazing just how many shooters were released for the Genesis early on. It shouldn’t come as a surprise; the system’s fast processor made porting the latest arcade...
Super Star Soldier
Developer: Inter State Co. Publisher: NEC Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter I was not a fan of the original Star Soldier. I will admit that it was probably due to timing; I played it years after its initial release. But even...
Atomic Robo-Kid
Developer: UPL Co., Ltd. Publisher: Treco Released: 1990 Genre: Shooter I enjoy a good shooter. Since the Atari 2600 days the genre has been one of my favorites. Up until bullet hell took over I still enjoyed...
Air Buster
Developer: Kaneko Publisher: Kaneko Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters is one of my favorite Turbo Grafx-16 games. At a time where I had few games for the system it was a bright spot. It would be...
Dragon Spirit
Developer: Namco Publisher NEC Released: 11/89 Genre: Shooter Dragon’s Spirit is one of the earliest arcade games I ever played which is partly why I’m so fond of it. The game is also good to boot so it isn’t a...
Gyruss
Developer: Konami Publisher: Ultra Games Release: 02/89 Genre: Shooter Gyruss was a favorite of mine in the arcade back in the 80s. After playing the likes of Gradius and Space Invaders it was a nice change of pace in...
R-Type III: the Third Lightning
Developer: Irem Publisher: Jaleco Released: 10/94 Genre: Shooter I love R-Type III! R-Type has been one of the best series of shooters for almost three decades and R-Type III continues that fine tradition. But the series did not have a...
Thunder Force III
Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Technosoft Released: 1990 Genre: Shooter The Sega Genesis had a small but varied launch lineup. While everyone was fawning over Altered Beast Thunder Force II was the star of the lineup in my opinion. It.....