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Day Dreamin’ Davey

When the popular second party developer HAL Laboratory is mentioned, many different topics probably spring to mind. The company most

Balloon Fight

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Balloon Fight

NEED: GAME AND WATCH IMAGE Nintendo is well-regarded as an innovator within the industry. Almost every franchise they made has

Streets of Rage Remake

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Streets of Rage

There were several attempts to create a 3D Streets of Rage (including one by Ancient, who worked on Streets of

Homura

Many tropes of the shoot-em-up genre are thoroughly established and easy to identify, so it is not common to see

Dragon Knight 4

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Dragon Knight

The story starts in a distant future, in another dimension. Lucifon, one of the great four generals of the demon

Desert Breaker

Desert Breaker is an overhead run-and-gun, a sort of game which often falls into the genre of vertical shoot-em-ups. However,

Ai Senshi Nicol

Konami’s 1987 Famicom Disk System game Ai Senshi Nicol, or “Love Warrior Nicol”, is comparable to a Zelda or Goemon

Secret Files 3

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Secret Files

After Puritas Cordis, Animation Arts took a break from the series to concentrate on the Indiana Jones homage Lost Horizon, but four years later,

Legendary Wings

Though Capcom put out a number of arcade shoot-em-ups in the mid-80s,  Legendary Wings is one of the titles that doesn’t

Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Clock Tower

The title of this game is also a bit confusing. In America, it’s known as Clock Tower II, since the real Clock

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