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...
Tag: shooter
True Lies
Developer: Beam Software Publisher: Acclaim Released: 1994 Genre: Action True Lies was one of the best action flicks of 1994 and continued the summer movie streak Arnie had held down for close to a decade. Like all great action...
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...
Starblade
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: 1994 Genre: Rail Shooter I miss the arcade. The experience of playing a game in the arcade that was technically miles ahead of what you had at home was incredible. Obviously that can never hap...
Air Fortress
Developer: HAL Laboratory Inc. Publisher: HAL America Inc. Released: 09/89 Genre: Action You have to appreciate old video game marketing. Against all odds Air Fortress received a decent amount of marketing, surprising for such a low key re...
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...
Ranger-X
Developer: Gau Entertainment Publisher: Sega Released: 1993 Genre: Action The Sega Genesis has one of the best gaming libraries of all time. But it did not come easily. While Sega did excellent in the US and were able to garner...
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...