Bionic Commando (Arcade)
Capcom’s Bionic Commando is one of the company’s best series. It began as a side-scrolling platformer, much like many others, …
Assault Android Cactus
When Geometry Wars was released for the Xbox 360 in 2005, it sparked a resurgence of arcade-style dual stick shooters. However, it …
Crack Down
Crack Down (no relation to the 2007 Xbox 360 game) is a unique two player action game that emphasizes strategy and …
Gradius III
The jump between the original Gradius and Gradius II was pretty massive. The same can’t be said for Gradius III …
Alien Syndrome
Alien Syndrome is pretty clearly a rip off of the movie Aliens, since Konami had the actual license to the …
Gradius IV
The subtitle of Gradius IV, Fukkatsu, means “resurrection”. It signaled the return of Gradius to the arcades, seeing that ten …
Gofer no Yabou: Episode II
The first level in Gofer no Yabou: Episode II consists of a series of flaming suns, capping off with a …
Gradius 2 / Nemesis ’90 Kai
The first sequel to Gradius appeared exclusively on MSX computers. It’s called Gradius 2 (or Nemesis 2 in Europe), not …
Super Fantasy Zone
Fantasy Zone II and Fantasy Zone Gear weren’t bad by any means, but they both ran on hardware quite inferior to the original …
Cyber Shinobi, The
The Cyber Shinobi (or as noted on the title screen, Shinobi Part 2) sounds like it should be an amazing …
