Darius Twin

Darius Twin

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Release: 11/91   Genre: Shooter When the SNES first launched there were a glut of sports games and shooters. With the console’s increased power over its predecessor there were many arcade ports of popular shooters. For...
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Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer

Developer: Software Creations      Publisher: Arcadia      Released: November 1990      Genre: Shooter      Platform: NES Any time the Silver Surfer NES game is brought up you’ll hear a bunch of phrases.  One of the worst games of all ti...
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Sol-Deace

Sol-Deace

Developer: Wolf Team    Publisher: Renovation   Release: 1992    Genre: Shooter Sol-Deace is an odd little title. Originally it was a pack-in title with the Sega CD, giving that system a nice little boost. As a shooter it was solid; outside...
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Panzer Dragoon Zwei

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

Developer: Team Andromeda     Publisher: Sega     Released: 04/17/96     Genre: Rail Shooter The early launch of the Saturn was devastating not just for retailers but also for gamers. Fans were left with few options as most games were not ready unt...
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Rocket Knight Adventures

Rocket Knight Adventures

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/05/93   Genre: Platformer When Konami first began publishing Genesis titles the initial batch was not that impressive. Sunset Riders was a compromised port and the Hyperstone Heist couldn’t decide ...
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Image Fight

Image Fight

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Irem    Release: 07/27/90    Genre: Shooter Image Fight was a shooter that I did not have a high opinion of. My only prior exposure to the game came from the lackluster NES port which sadly lacked what made...
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Parodius

Parodius

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Palcom    Release: 1992    Genre: Shooter I am incredibly jealous of Europe with this one. I did not become aware of the Parodius series until the 16-bit era, when magazines began featuring import coverage. The SNES ver...
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Bio-Ship Paladin

Bio-Ship Paladin

Developer: UPL    Publisher: UPL    Release: 09/30/91    Genre: Shooter Here in America we received the vast majority of the Sega Genesis’ shooter library but there were some curious omissions that were very interesting from a gameplay perspective. ...
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Aero Blasters

Aero Blasters

Developer: Inter State   Publisher: NEC   Release: 01/91   Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters was one of the first Turbo Grafx-16 games I ever played.  After the disappointment of Keith Courage it helped to give me a favorable impression of...
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After Burner II

After Burner II

Developer: Dempa    Publisher: Sega    Release: 09/90    Genre: Action Sega’s Super Scaler arcade games were some of the best looking games on the market for a very long time. The simulated 3-d looked better than the majority of the...
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