Metal Stoker
Developer: Sankindo Publisher: Face Release: 07/12/91 Genre: Shooter This one has been a long time coming. I have been interested in Metal Stoker for a long time. The box art is striking and almost gives off the...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.....