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July 4, 2018 No Responses

Arrow Flash

Developer: I.T.L. Publisher: Renovation Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter By the mid-90s the US market was overrun with shooters. If you owned a Turbo Grafx, Genesis or Neo Geo you had more choices than you knew what to...

June 29, 2018 No Responses

Pocky & Rocky

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Natsume Release: 06/12/93 Genre: Shooter The cute em up genre never quite took hold in America like it did in Japan. This sub genre of the traditional shooter changes space ships and shirtless commandos for a...

June 15, 2018 No Responses

Märchen Adventure Cotton 100%

Developer: Success Publisher: Datam Polystar Release: 04/22/94 Genre: Shooter It is strange looking back on it but shooters starring witches had their day in the sun like caveman platformers. At least in Japan. While a few hidden gems...

June 6, 2018 No Responses

Android Assault

Developer: Human Entertainment Publisher: Big Fun Games Release: 1994 Genre: Shooter Looking back the Sega CD managed to build up a decent shooter library all things considered. While a sizable chunk of its library is composed of...

May 30, 2018 No Responses

Silpheed: the Lost Planet

Developer: Treasure Publisher: Working Designs Release: 04/10/01 Genre: Shooter By the end of the 32-bit era the modern shooter was all but gone from the West. While we would occasionally get a home port of the really cool arcade...

May 23, 2018 No Responses

Gradius Gaiden

Developer: KCE Tokyo Publisher: Konami Released: 08/28/97 Genre: Shooter I’m not much of a fan of mobile gaming but I do appreciate that it has given shooters a second life in the US. The slow, agonizing near death of...

May 18, 2018 No Responses

Star Fox

Developer: Argonaut/Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Released: 03/23/93 Genre: Rail Shooter I’m not ashamed to admit that I scoffed at Star Fox initially. In 1993 16-bit continued the stride started in 1992 with beautiful 2d games appeari...

May 9, 2018 2 Responses

Gun-Nac

Developer: Compile Publisher: Ascii Released: 09/91 Genre: Shooter Zanac was one of the earliest NES shooters I ever played after Gradius. While Konami’s classic my introduction to the modern shooter Zanac felt like the next step with...

May 4, 2018 2 Responses

Silpheed

Developer: Game Arts Publisher: Sega Release: 1993 Genre: Shooter Star Fox was a watershed moment for console gaming, as hard as it may be to believe. 3d games had appeared on consoles before but in a limited capacity. But...

April 27, 2018 No Responses

Spriggan Powered

Developer: Micronics Publisher: Naxat Soft Released: 07/26/96 Genre: Shooter Spriggan Powered is a game that I discovered through the magic of emulation. While I devoured any and all gaming publications growing up they could only cover so m...

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