When you have finished taking a peek around here..
get yourselves off to one of these lovely sites!

FAVE GAMES RELATED SITE:

SHMUPS

Shmups Possibly the single greatest gaming site I have ever come across and dedicated to that most awesome of gaming genres: The Shoot-em-up! If you have never been here, GO THERE NOW! That's an order!

FAVE EMULATION RELATED SITE:

DAVE's CLASSICS

One of the first emulation sites and still the best IMO, a visit to
Daves is always worthwile for the emulation enthusiast.

 

IMPORT GAMING SUPPLIES:


UK-based import gaming supplier with a wide range of interesting items across many classic platforms and very reasonable prices. Check them out.

 
 

MORE GROOVY SITES:

 

Gradius Homeworld

Planet Gradius seems to be down* but here's a great UK -based substitute, Gradius Homeworld contains tons of info on one of my fave shoot 'em up series ever!

*
Planet Gradius is back- go see!

 

YAK's ZOO

'This is the homepage of the YaK who is a videogame designer and programmer and all-round weirdo..' Well you said it Jeff!.. This is Llamasoft guru Jeff Minter's site.. and jolly good it is too..
   

BLAZING LASERS

Simon Coong's (aka Felix the Cat) nicely designed site which features an in-depth (and beautifully illustrated) look at each of his favourite shooters - namely Axelay, Einhander, R-Type and Treasure's latest and greatest Radiant Silvergun.
   

Commander Ghostwalker's massive shooter site is the perfect companion to Shmups for all you blast 'em up fiends! Covers loads of titles that Shmups does not as well.. cool!
   

The Shooters..

Douglas White's new Shooter website 'The Shooters' has some fabulous in-depth reviews
so far including rarer titles such as Batsagun, Gekirindan and Raiden Trad. Great design and layout too - and essential reading for shooting fans!
(CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

Game Over

Another UK based classic gaming site on the CVGS webring, Game Over features nostalgic arcade-player memories, game history features, original programmer interviews and more! Highly recommended -do try out the quiz also! (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

A corporation dedicated to delivering the best and most detailed information on freeware and shareware games, games hacks and rare games. Some seriously WEIRD stuff here! (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

Ghasts 'n' Ghouls!!

Ahh Ghosts 'n Goblins.. classic Capcom !! Dain Quentin Gore's site contains info and self-produced conceptual art for a 'new' Ghosts 'n' Goblins game.. Capcom please take note.. give Dain a job!
   

..Play ORIGINAL online Games (that play like CLASSIC GAMES)! Send Video Game POSTCARDS to your friends!
Participate in Video Game CHAT!
Games for SALE for over 25 GAME CONSOLES!..
   

Seven Force

A new but already very promising fan site focusing on classic 2D video games from shooters to RPGs and more.. and named after the meanest boss in one of my fave ever games.. Treasure's Gunstar Heroes! (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   


Treasure

Speaking of which.. here's Treasure's Japanese site for those who like to keep abreast of what this great developer is up to.
   

Psikyo Product Mania!

Check out goodies past, present and future - from Strikers 1945 to 1999 and Gunbird 2 at shooter-king Psikyo's official site! (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

Raizing

Raizing are the masters of modern evolved vertical shooters - with titles such as Soukyugurentai and Battle Garegga under their belt - and hopefully more to come??! (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

Cave are a Japanese games producer formed from the staff of shooter legends Toaplan after its insolvency.. Here you can see info and pics of new great games such as Feveron, Esprade and Do Don Pachi which carry on Toaplan's heritage into the year 2000!

   

Compile are cool! Producers of legendary titles such as the Aleste series, Spriggan, Guardian Legend and of course Puyo Puyo they are also the only game company to have written me nice mail about the site. So they get an extra link in for their upcoming ZanacXZanac on PSX! (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

Toaplan.com

Wow! From humble beginnings a few months back Dead Serious Clan (creators of the Flying Shark Emulator) have created the definitive resource all about former Shooter Gods Toaplan.. Brilliant!! (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

RAIDEN

Beautifully designed site features some excellent in-depth info on Seibu's classic shooters series Raiden & Raiden Fighters (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

Fanatics

Excellent multi-format import gaming site (Arcade and Home/Console) with a whole bunch of quality reviews, previews and features. Recommended. (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

What's this? A site totally devoted to 2D gaming in this day and age with not a jot of a polygon in site? This can't be! Enjoy it while you can people - this is 2D news and gaming at its very best..
   

Luke O'Sillivan's site devoted to Konami's classic Contra aka Probotector series. Without it we'd never have had Metal Slug so give this series of games maximum repect! (CURRENTLY DOWN)
   

TriggerZone

Great looking german shooter site with plenty of shooter reviews, pics and info across a wide range of platforms!
   

Hehe.. the title of this site reminds me of an old Monty Python sketch but I digress :) There are loads of Strider sites out there but this is one of the nicest!
   

LIFEFORCE PLANET

Daniel Riley's site is devoted to Konami's classic Salamander/Lifeforce series. (Thanks for the link Daniel by the way!) (CURRENTLY DOWN)
 

OTHERS:

insomnia.ac - Excellent gaming blog/review site

insertcredit.com - Brilliant import-gaming site.

Plasma Blossom - Beautiful site covering many of the best Japanese shmups from Cave, Raizing and others

peacefuldeath.net - Cave & other shmups fan site with tons of art and info!

gameoverdude.com - Long-running hardcore gaming fan site

Hardcoregaming101 - Kurt Kalata's massive classic gaming site - quite brilliant..

BlameTheControlPad - Some marvellous retro & arcade coverage here and LOADS of screenshots!

RVGFanatic - Huge Retro-gaming resource with tons of scans & screenshots - one of the best I've ever seen!!

SegaFans - Classic Sega coverage

Racketboy.com - great gaming site with extensive retro coverage

Sheep's World of Arcades - One of the best arcade shmup resource sites on the web!!

Shmup.com - Frighteningly massive French shootemup site.

Shoot the Core - Roger Post 's excellent shmup site.

Shmuptacular.com - Good Shmup news and forums

Huge Darius Battleships - Comprehensive site covering all Darius bosses - great work!

1UP.com - Good multi-format site

system16.com - Huge multi-arcade format site.

CPS2Shock - Everything you need to know about Capcom's CPS2!

World of Stuart - UK Video game journalist Stuart Campbell's site

Wayoftherodent.com - Irreverant and very amusing UK gaming site.

UK Resistance - And here's another one.

PlayAsia - Good place to buy import games.

 

 
Top Home