Stinger

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 in...
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Sagaia

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...
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Guerilla War

Guerilla War

Developer: SNK     Publisher: SNK     Released:1989     Genre: Action SNK had a strange fascination with war games in the 80s. From Ikari Warriors to P.O.W. and Iron Tank the theme was pretty consistent. More than likely they were simply leveraging ...
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1942

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...
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Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken

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....
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Burning Force

Burning Force

Developer: Nova    Publisher: Namco    Released: 11/90    Genre: Rail Shooter Space Harrier made a big splash in the arcade with its fancy scaling graphics and riveting gameplay. Yet it did not spawn as many imitators as you would expect,...
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Blazeon

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...
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Tiger Heli

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...
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Aero Fighters

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...
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Midnight Resistance

Midnight Resistance

Developer: Data East     Publisher: Sega     Released: 1991     Genre: Action The Genesis would eventually gain the reputation of being the system for fast paced action games, from Gunstar Heroes to Lightening Force. But early in its life the picki...
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