Dark Tower
Bubble Bobble was one of Taito’s biggest hits since Space Invaders, spawning a high number of imitators trying to match its basic …
4-D Warriors
There are many different sub-genres of shoot-em-ups that it’s tough to classify them all by their shared tropes, but nearly …
Dungeon Magic
Taito was a company which understood the concept of innovation. Sadly, they seemed as conscious of the dying popularity of …
Battle K-Road
While Psikyo was primarily heralded as a company who made solid and/or quirky shoot-em-up games, they tried their hand at …
Daraku Tenshi
When Psikyo decided they wanted to make another fighting game, they wisely decided to not connect it in any way …
Calorie-Kun vs. Moguranian
Vic Tokai’s Calorie-Kun vs. Moguranian sounds and shares the visual style of a manga, it’s actually an entirely original concept. As the …
Scramble Spirits
It’s difficult to do anything too original in the action genre of shoot-em-ups, ever since Xevious and Gradius set the bar for vertical and …
