Air Zonk

Air Zonk

Developer: Red Company   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Released: 1992   Genre: Shooter There were plenty of successful mascot platformers during the 16-bit age. The true sign of success came when the character would branch out into other genres.  Mario would eventually go...
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Target Earth

Target Earth

Developer: Masaya    Publisher: Dreamworks    Release: 1990   Genre: Action The NES library covered pretty much all genres but conspicuously absent were games starring giant robots. No, Probotector does not count. If you explore the Famicom library you ...
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Pop’n Twinbee

Pop’n Twinbee

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Released: 03/26/93    Genre: Shooter I’ve played my fair share of shooters of all stripes. Bullet hell, cute em ups, rail shooters, the list goes on and on. I’ve adapted to some weird mechanics but I...
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Mystic Formula

Mystic Formula

Developer: Micro Cabin    Publisher: Micro Cabin   Release: 07/23/93   Genre: Action The Turbo Grafx-16 is a haven for shooters of nearly all stripes be it horizontal or vertical. Unfortunately if you are a top down shooter fan the pickings...
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Tetrastar the Fighter

Tetrastar the Fighter

Developer: Home Data Corp.     Publisher: Taito     Released: 05/24/91     Genre: Shooter I can admit to being insanely jealous that Sega Master System owners had a somewhat decent version of Space Harrier. I loved that game in the arcade and would...
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