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February 27, 2023 No Responses

Gunbird 2

Developer: Psikyo Publisher: Capcom Release: 2000 Genre: Shooter There were many, many classic shooters released for the PlayStation and Saturn in Japan. Unfortunately most never left the country as the genre was on the wane in the West...

February 13, 2023 No Responses

Star Parodier

Developer: Kaneki, Inster State Co. Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 04/24/92 Genre: Shooter Apparently every long running shooter series has to poke fun at itself at some point. Konami pioneered the art of parody with Parodius which to this...

January 18, 2023 No Responses

W Ring – the Double Ring

Developer: Naxat Soft Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 09/28/90 Genre: Shooter Video games have always fallen through the cracks. These days the number of games that release daily borders on insanity and it is impossible to keep up....

December 21, 2022 No Responses

Vapor Trail

Developer: Data East Publisher: Renovation Release: 1991 Genre: Shooter The Genesis, alongside the Turbo Grafx-16 and Sega Saturn, has one of the greatest shooter libraries of all time. The result is that it is easy to get lost...

November 30, 2022 No Responses

Rayxanber III

Developer: Data West Publisher: Data West Released: 06/06/92 Genre: Shooter My anticipation for Rayxanber II was only matched by the crushing disappointment I felt once I played it and found out it was a bad game. So bad in...

November 23, 2022 No Responses

After Burner III

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 05/93 Genre: Action I like flight sims, especially flight simulators on console. That is a bit of an oxymoron as the genre excels on the PC but I make no excuse for my preferences....

November 16, 2022 No Responses

Fire Mustang

Developer: NMK Co. Publisher: Taito Release: 05/31/91 Genre: Shooter The Genesis has one of the most extensive shooter libraries around. But even with that in mind there are still quite a few that were not released overseas which...

November 14, 2022 No Responses

Xexyz

Developer: Atlus Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 04/90 Genre: Action Xexyz is one of many NES games I always meant to get around to back in the day like Kick Master and Vice: Project Doom. But while I eventually...

October 19, 2022 No Responses

RayStorm

Developer: Taito Publisher: Working Designs Release: 09/97 Genre: Shooter Sega’s surprise Saturn launch in the US meant new releases was slow in the early months. Galactic Attack was an early bright spot in that period and managed to stand...

October 10, 2022 No Responses

Metamor Jupiter

Developer: Flight Plan Publisher: NEC Release: 01/22/93 Genre: Shooter I am a sucker for anime art. Back in the day when anime was a rare commodity and publishers did everything they could to hide a game’s Japanese...

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