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December 18, 2012

Iron Horse

Konami had one of the strongest arcade reputations of the mid-eighties. Who doesn’t know of Time Pilot, Track & Field, Circus Charlie, Gradius, and Iron …

December 5, 2012

Bullet

Bullet is a twin stick shooter offering by Sega, where there’s nothing to understand except you have a gun and …

December 5, 2012

Hotline Miami

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami presents itself with bizarre and slightly disturbing official art, uses a whimsical rainbow of colors to paint a …

December 5, 2012

Gardia

Nearly every shoot-em-up taking place in a vertical overhead perspective after 1982 is basically a different form of Xevious. Still, vertical shoot-em-up …

December 3, 2012

Chatan Yarakuu Shanku

1991 was indisputably THE year of the fighting game. That was when Street Fighter II revolutionized the genre worldwide, ushering in a …

December 1, 2012

Viper Phase-1

This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series Raiden

If Seibu Kaihatsu makes a shoot-em-up that is not billed as Raiden and does not look like Raiden, yet its gameplay is somewhat …

November 22, 2012

Raiden DX

This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Raiden

Raiden DX is a definite curiosity in the series, as it appears at first to be nothing more than an updated …

November 22, 2012

Raiden II

This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series Raiden

Those dastardly Crassanians are causing more havoc, and it’s up to Raiden’s pilot (i.e., you) to send them back to …

November 20, 2012

Hybrid Heaven

MISSING SOME PICS, CHECK TAGS The N64 is one of the strangest mainstream consoles to ever exist. Regarded in retrospect …

November 12, 2012

Tecmo Knight

Tecmo is one of the more bizarre semi-famous Japanese game companies. Back in the golden age of console gaming, they …

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