Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami presents itself with bizarre and slightly disturbing official art, uses a whimsical rainbow of colors to paint a …
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 …
Viper Phase-1
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 …
Hybrid Heaven
MISSING SOME PICS, CHECK TAGS The N64 is one of the strangest mainstream consoles to ever exist. Regarded in retrospect …
Tecmo Knight
Tecmo is one of the more bizarre semi-famous Japanese game companies. Back in the golden age of console gaming, they …
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 …
