All posts by Michael Plasket

Metal Storm

Irem’s Metal Storm one is of the many unsung games of the NES that showed what the system is capable

Action Fighter

The genre of vehicular combat combines two thrilling virtual pastimes – racing and shooting – into one high-octane asphalt killfest.

Astro Blaster

Shoot-em-ups are at the ground layer of the development and evolution of video games. Before home gaming really took off

Star Jacker

Namco’s Xevious was influential to the genre of shoot-em-ups and was instrumental in evolving the genre up from the cornerstone of Space Invaders.

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa

One of Konami’s lesser-known Famicom gems, Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa stars the eponymous Upa, an energetic baby who is apparently really intelligent

Raiden Fighters Jet

This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Raiden

Raiden Fighters Jet is the apotheosis of the Raiden Fighters trilogy and arguably one of the greatest arcade shoot-em-ups of all time.

Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive

This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series Raiden

Raiden Fighters 2 essentially follows the formula and format of the first game, but this is in no way a bad

Raiden Fighters

This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series Raiden

Raiden Fighters is something certainly different from the original Raiden games, mostly because it was originally conceived as a totally different game called Gun

Zzyzzyxx

There were so many games being made at the start of the eighties that it was hard to keep track

Base Wars

Sports titles on the Nintendo Entertainment System were often interesting as well as they were frequent. Being that sports have

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