Strikers 1945

Strikers 1945

Developer: Psikyo    Publisher: Atlus    Release: 06/28/96   Genre: Shooter Imitation is a sincere form of flattery. Strikers 1945 bears more than a passing resemblance to Capcom’s 19XX series, down to the player ships and level design. But it...
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Legion

Legion

Developer: Renovation    Publisher: Telenet    Release: 09/21/90    Genre: Shooter What the hell happened here? Renovation/Telenet was no strangers to the shooter genre. They blessed the Sega Genesis with many of its best shooters such as Gaiares, Gra...
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Twinbee 3: Poko Poko Daimaou

Twinbee 3: Poko Poko Daimaou

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 09/29/89   Genre: Shooter Stinger was a game I was not particularly fond of. Maybe I was too young to appreciate the nuance of juggling bells while fighting enemies or maybe I found it too...
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Truxton

Truxton

Developer: Toaplan    Publisher: Sega    Release: 12/89   Genre: Shooter Truxton was a random rental back in the day before the Sega Genesis library exploded. What little I remember from my time with it is that it was brutally difficult and...
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Cybernoid

Cybernoid

Developer: Studio 12    Publisher: Acclaim   Release: 1989   Genre: Action Back in the day games were made more difficult when brought overseas. Sometimes this was a good thing as a little extra challenge would make an already solid...
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Summer Carnival ’92 Recca

Summer Carnival ’92 Recca

Developer: KID   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 07/17/92  Genre: Shooter Absolutely incredible. That is all I can say. Summer Carnival ’92 Recca is the most technically accomplished game on the NES let alone in the shooter category. In terms of...
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Nexzr

Nexzr

Developer: Inter State   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 12/11/92   Genre: Shooter It is inevitable. When you have so many shooters on one platform eventually they will start to blend together. It does not help that most are content...
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Top Ten NES Shooters

Top Ten NES Shooters

The NES was host to a legion of shooters despite its slow processor. Yet even with that handicap developers created video gaming gold on the little grey box. For many the Nintendo was their introduction to the genre and many...
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Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker

Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Irem    Release: 12/18/92   Genre: Shooter I liked Image Fight. There were a number of arcade games that received both NES and PC Engine ports and while NEC’s version was always better both were respectable. Image Fight.....
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Bulk Slash

Bulk Slash

Developer: CAProduction   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Release: 07/11/97   Genre: Action Because of its early demise the Saturn never truly had a chance to show gamers what it could really do in the West. Most of the 3d titles gamers...
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