Year: 2016
Spriggan Mark 2
The second Spriggan game has almost nothing to do with the first, changing the setting from fantasy to futuristic military. …
Hyper Princess Pitch
Operation Carnage was never the most well known of DOS games, and even if you consider yourself a fan of the …
Aleste Gaiden
Released two months before Aleste 2, Aleste Gaiden was released as part of the Disk Station Special Fall package, which …
Power Strike / Aleste
Despite the change in name, Aleste (pronounced “alesta”) is the sequel to Zanac. This is because the copyright for the …
R-Type Delta
In the late ‘90s, 3D video games were greatly overtaking the popularity of 2D, resulting in the downfall of many …
R-Type III
R-Type III is the first title in the series exclusively for consoles. It was developed by Tamtex, a subsidiary of …
Robo Aleste
Robo Aleste for the Sega CD is essentially the sequel to MUSHA. It begins with a relatively lengthy storyline that …
Rainbow Cotton
Rainbow Cotton is technically the sequel to the Mega Drive game Panorama Cotton. It features the same behind-the-back 3D view, …
Deus Ex GO
Mobile spin-offs of AAA games have typically been a sketchy thing, as developers often attempt to cram something vaguely resembling …
Cotton 2 / Cotton Boomerang
The first true sequel to Cotton appeared in the arcades several years after the original, running on Sega’s ST-V hardware. …
Zanac x Zanac
Compile almost completely stopped developing shoot-em-ups after 1993’s Sylphia, as some of the staff had since departed to form Raizing, …
Tsugunai: Atonement
RPGs are long and take time to develop, so it’s rare that many are available at console launches. In the …
Panorama Cotton
Panorama Cotton is one of the most technically impressive games on the Mega Drive – even Alien Soldier and The …
Spriggan Powered
The third (and final) Spriggan game was released in 1996, in the twilight years of the Super Famicom. It was …
Thunder Force
From its humble origins in the Japanese computer scene of the mid-1980s, the Thunder Force series managed to stand out …
Cosmic Cop
rimented with a few other shooters, including the similarly-themed X-Multiply and the dark fantasy Dragon Breed. Before returning to their …
Broken Thunder
Broken Thunder and Segagaga After Thunder Force V, the fate of the series has been in limbo, due to Technosoft …
Blazing Lazers
Thanks to the success of Zanac and Aleste, Compile found themselves as one of the “go to” development houses for …
