 1941
(Arcade)
194X
Series (Arcade) Overview
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Air
Buster aka Aeroblasters (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Armed
Formation F (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Axelay
- Konami (SNES)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Batsugun
(Arcade/Sega
Saturn)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Biometal
- Athena (SNES)
Contra
III/Contra Spirits (SNES)
Darius
Gaiden (Arcade/Sega Saturn)
Darius
Twin - Taito (SNES)
DoDonPachi
Dai-Ou-Jou aka DoDonPachi III
(Arcade/PS2)
Dragon
Blaze (Arcade/PS2 'Psikyo Shooting
Collection Vol3')
Eco
Fighters (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Einhander
- Squaresoft
(Playstation)
Flying
Shark (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Ghouls'n'Ghosts
(Arcade)
(Review
and Boss Mythology!)
Gradius
(Nemesis)
Gradius
II (Vulcan Venture)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Features)
Gradius
Gaiden (Playstation)
Gradius
V (Playstation 2)
Guardian
Force - Success
(Saturn)
(Also
includes Sega Saturn
shooter round-up)
Gun
Frontier - Taito/Xing
(Saturn)
Ibara
(Arcade/PS2)
Ikaruga (Arcade)
Image
Fight/X-Multiply Pack
Irem/Xing
(Saturn)
In
the Hunt
Irem/Imagineer
(Arcade/Ps1/Saturn)
Last
Duel(Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Layer
Section - Taito (Saturn)
Layer
Section 2 - Taito
(Playstation
/ Saturn)
Lightning
Fighters - Konami (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Mars
Matrix- Takumi/Capcom
(Dreamcast&Arcade)
Outzone
(Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Parodius
Deluxe Pack - Konami (Saturn)
- also PSX
Prehistoric
Isle (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Progear
STORM OF PROGIA -
Cave/Capcom
(Arcade)
Raiden
Project - Seibu
(Playstation)
Raiden
III (Arcade/PS2)
Rayforce -
See Layer
Section
Raystorm -
See Layer
Section 2
Raycrisis
(Layer Section 3) -
Taito
(Playstation)
R-Type
Delta - Irem
(Playstation)
R-Type
Leo (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
R-Type
Final (PS2)
R-Type
Series (Arcade) Overview
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Silpheed
- The Lost Planet (PS2)
Salamander
Series (Arcade/PS1/Saturn)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Slap
Fight (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Sol
Divide - Psikyo/Atlus
(Saturn/PSX)
Soukyugurentai
- Raizing/EA
(Saturn)
Super
Contra - Konami (NES)
Super
Space Invaders '91 (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Terra
Cresta (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Three
Wonders aka Wonder 3
(Arcade/Saturn/PSX)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Truxton/Tatsujin
I&II(Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
UN
Squadron/Area88 (Arcade/SNES)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Under
Defeat (Arcade/Sega Dreamcast)
Wild
Guns - Natsume (SNES)
Xevious-
Namco (Arcade)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Zanac-
Compile (NES)
 s you can probably see we
need a few more good reviews of classic
titles for the site. If you are
interested in doing one or two do let me
know! Some games which I particularly
would like to see reviewed here include:
Gradius/Salamander
Series
Other Konami titles including
the Contras
Castlevanias, Axelay, Parodius, Metroid
etc
R-Type series and other Irem
arcade games
Classic Capcom games
including Strider
Ghosts and Goblins, Bionic Commando etc
All Treasure Games
Metal Slug I and II
Any other suitably
boss-tastic titles
( I will probably concentrate on Japanese
titles which were the inspiration for
this site..)
If you are
interested in contributing a review give
me a quick
e-mail
Image
Fight/X-Multiply Pack
by
Irem/Xing (Sega Saturn)
Image Fight
and X-Multiply on one CD? A laser-based
dream in software format! Make no
mistake..
Rogues
Gallery Special Feature : Axelay
by Konami (Snes)
Axelay showed off
the awesome
capabilities of the newly released
SNES to a stunned gaming
audience back in 1992..
Guardian
Force
by
Success (Sega Saturn)
(including
Saturn top-down
Space shooter roundup.)
Success
take a break from the Cotton series
to bring us an old-school shooter in the
shape of Guardian Force. But is it any
good?
Also takes a look at some of the best
alternative
Saturn top-down space shooters.
The
Raiden Project
by Seibu Kaihatsu (Playstation)
Raiden
Project offers arcade-perfect conversions
of both
Raiden and Raiden 2 on one Playstation
disc -
outstounding VFM and now extremely cheap
to pick up -
do yourself a favour and grab a copy
now..
Einhander
by
Squaresoft (Playstation)
Square's
mighty PSX shooter - featuring a
distinctly
Teutonic evil Empire in a not too distant
future..
reviewed by Basi
Layer
Section
(aka
Rayforce/Galactic Attack)
by Taito (Sega Saturn)
'Three
names - one great shooter' - Zach Keene
I coudn't agree more with Zach.. Layer
Section rocks!
Raystorm
(Layer
Section 2)
by
Taito (Playstation/Sega Saturn)
The follow up
to Rayforce abandons 2D
in favour of polygon graphics and 3D
backgrounds - so how does it shape up
compared to the original?
Soukyugurentai
by
Raizing/E.A. (Saturn/Playstation)
A truly
stunning Japanese-style shooter from
new boys on the block Raizing and an
essential
purchase for fans of the genre.
Darius
Twin
by
Taito (SNES)
Darius
makes the transition from the Arcades,
via
the Turbographix system, to the Super
Nintendo
with some-what mixed results. Zach Keene
reviews..
Parodius
Deluxe Pack
by
Konami (Saturn) - Also PSX
One of my
favourite retro release packs ever!!
Konami's
Parodius Deluxe Pack on Saturn contains
the classics
Parodius and Parodius 2. Joshua Kaufman
reviews...
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LATEST REVIEWS
Darius
Gaiden
by Taito (Arcade/Sega Saturn)
The quintessential
Darius. With its mad but highly
evocative soundtrack, enormous and varied
bosses amd gorgeous trippy visuals its
got the lot.
JoshF elaborates further.
Ghouls'n'Ghosts
by CAPCOM (Arcade)
Dain Quentin Gore
brings us a fascinating insight
into the mythological origins of
Ghouls'n'Ghosts'
spectacular BOSSES!
Super
Stardust HD
by Housemarque (PS3)
Take the original
Super Stardust, multiply
the number of on screen objects by about
10,000,
add a dash of Geometry Wars and serve.
Yes please.
Ibara
by Cave (Arcade/PS2)
The
graphically beautiful Ibara is the
spiritual
successor to a number of famous Raizing
shooters such as Battle Garegga
DoDonPachi
Dai-Ou-Jou
by Cave (Arcade/PS2)
Or
DoDonPachi III.. Cave's latest title in
the
ever-popular vertical shooter series gets
a
great PS2 conversion.
Dragon
Blaze
by Psikyo (Arcade/PS2 'Psikyo Shooting
Collection Vol3')
One of
Psikyo's last ever arcade shooters and
it's a
looker all right. Ladies and Gents.. it's
Dragon Blaze.
Raiden
III
by Moss/Seibu Kaihatsu
(Arcade/PS2)
Another
great modern revival of a classic shooter
series
Under
Defeat
by Cave (Arcade/Dreamcast)
Could this
be the last eve Dreamcast game?
G-Rev's superb helicopter shooter
would be a fitting swan-song.
Gradius
V
by Konami/Treasure (PS2)
Treasure's
excellent attempt to re-invent the
Gradius franchise for Konami is one of
the
best console shooters in years
R-Type
Final
by Irem (PS2)
Irem brings
the curtain down on one of the
most sucecssful and poplular shooter
lineages
ever created. But boy is it good.
Silpheed
The
Lost Planet
by Treasure/GameArts (PS2)
Treasure's
first crack at a PS2 shooter - it's no
Ikaruga.
Ikaruga
by Treasure (Arcade) (soon Dreamcast!)
Treasure's
sequel to Radiant Silvergun..
I get to play the arcade version!
Gradius
Gaiden
by Konami (PS1)
A
Playstation exclusive, and the
best 2D Gradius of all time.
Rogues
Gallery Special Feature :
Xevious
by Namco (Arcade)
A nostalgic but
in-depth look at the
grand-daddy of modern vertical shooters!
Mars
Matrix
by Takukmi/Capcom
SEGA DREAMCAST & ARCADE
The Capcom
and Takumi team's best shooter
to date? Reviewed by John Chang!
Storm
of Progia (PROGEAR)
by
Cave/Capcom ARCADE
Cave/Capcom's
brand spanking new Arcade
shooter examined in fine detail by John
Chang!
Contra
III/Contra Spirits
by Konami
(SNES)
The Contra
series comes to the SNES in the form of
Contra III - The Alien Wars! Reviewed by
Rob Taylor.
Super
Contra
by Konami
(NES)
Super
Contra's rock-hard gameplay still leaves
many
lesser games trailing in its wake.. Luke
O'Sullivan
reviews a Nintendo NES all-time classic!!
Ray
Crisis
by
Taito (Playstation)
Just
released in Japan by Taito - the third in
the '
Rayforce aka LayerSection shooter
series!. Matthew
Ross gives us more info and his verdict.
R-Type
Delta
by
Irem (Playstation)
The latest release
in Irem's classic R-Type shooter
series eschews traditional 2D for polygon
graphics
- but to what effect?-
Gun
Frontier
by
Taito/Xing (Sega Saturn)
Another release
by Xing on the 'Arcade Gears' label
is an unusual 1990 Arcade shooter by
Taito.
Sol
Divide
by
Psikyo/Atlus (PSX/Saturn)
Psikyo's
uber-surreal fantasy shoot em up is
translated
to Saturn and Playsation - how does it
fare?
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