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June 26, 2020 one Response

D-Force

Developer: Cream Publisher: Asmik Released: 12/91 Genre: Shooter There is something to be said about trusting your gut. During a time where most gamers relied on the back of the box to decide their gaming purchases that still was...

May 25, 2020 one Response

Star Soldier

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Taxan Released: 1989 Genre: Shooter The Star Soldier series was once an institution in Japan, with yearly installments to complement their shooting caravan competition. The fact that most of the games were...

May 4, 2020 one Response

Stinger

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 1987 Genre: Shooter It can’t be stated just how creatively on fire Konami were with their NES shooters. Gradius revolutionized the genre and influenced legions of shooters to come. It was so good i...

May 1, 2020 one Response

Sagaia

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter Darius never particularly wowed me, even with its impressive triple screen playing field. That is not to say I thought it was bad; it simply did not stand out during the peak...

April 24, 2020 2 Responses

1942

Developer: Micronics Publisher: Capcom Released: 1986 Genre: Shooter Capcom are one of the few third parties that have long lasting hits in nearly every genre. For platformers you have Mega Man. For fighting games you have Street Fighte...

April 17, 2020 No Responses

Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken

Developer: Sting Publisher: Sofel Released: 12/18/92 Genre: Shooter I love to be surprised by video games every now and then. The problem is as a thirty-nine year old man I am pretty set in what genres and games I like....

April 10, 2020 one Response

Blazeon

Developer: A.I. Co, Ltd Publisher: Atlus Released: 1992 Genre: Shooter The SNES saw its fair share of arcade ports initially. A lot of these titles ranged in quality. You had your classics like Turtles in Time and mediocre games like...

April 6, 2020 2 Responses

Tiger Heli

Developer: Micronics Publisher: Acclaim Released: 1987 Genre: Shooter One day I will learn why so many NES publishers turned to Micronics to develop Nintendo ports of their arcade games. You would think after seeing the sorry state of t...

March 27, 2020 one Response

Aero Fighters

Developer: Video System Publisher: McO’River Release: 11/94 Genre: Shooter Aero Fighters is a thoroughly solid game, let’s get that out of the way. It is also a game that is easy to forget. At a time when shooters were a...

February 14, 2020 No Responses

U.N. Squadron

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter With the advent of 16-bit consoles came a slew of arcade ports that were all but impossible on older hardware. Although I frequented the arcade on a regular basis it wa...

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