Battle Bakraid
After the diversion of Armed Police Batrider, Battle Bakraid is the true sequel to Battle Garegga. It takes elements from Batrider and experiments with …
Armed Police Batrider
Armed Police Batrider is probably the closest shooter equivalent to SNK’s The King of Fighters. There’s heavy emphasis on using teams and …
Battle Garegga
Battle Garegga is a game with a divisive reputation. A number of shoot-em-up fans regard it as one of the best …
Asura Buster
Asura Buster is the sequel to Asura Blade, fixing many of the problems with the first and streamlining the fighting system. The …
Asura Blade
The Asura series, by a little known company called Fuuki, consists of Asura Blade and Asura Buster, two very good weapons-based 2D fighters that were …
19XX: The War Against Destiny
19XX is an even bigger improvement for Capcom’s series than 1941. Dropping the World War II setting, 19XX takes place during a fictional war, …
Twin Cobra
Twin Cobra is the second game in the Tiger-Heli series, and Toaplan’s fourth shoot-em-up. In Japan, it’s known as Kyuukyoku Tiger (“Ultimate Tiger”). While their …
Flying Shark
Flying Shark is Toaplan’s third arcade shoot-em-up. Rather than following in the footsteps of their previous game, Slap Fight, instead …
Air Gallet
When people talk about the fall of Toaplan, four companies always come up – Cave, Raizing, Takumi, and Gazelle. Most shooter fans are …
Neural Gear
Developed by Fill in Cafe and published by Cross Media Soft, Neural Gear is a rail shooter that closely resembles Space Harrier, released exclusively for …
ESP Ra.De.
Cave’s ESP Ra.De. (pronounced “esp-raid”) is conceptually quite different from typical shoot-em-ups. Rather than taking the role of spaceships or other similar …
Aero Fighters 2
Aero Fighters‘ sequel came to the Neo-Geo MVS providing somewhat more power to show additional enemies and power-ups on screen …
Crystal of Kings, The
The Crystal of Kings is an extremely rare arcade scrolling fighter developed by BrezzaSoft, a small team made of ex-SNK developers, …
Gaia Crusaders
Noise Factory was a studio formed in the late 90s that worked closely with SNK on a number of projects. …
Strikers 1945 III
Strikers 1945 III, also called Strikers 1999, is a dramatic change from the last two games, ditching the World War II …
Strikers 1945 II
As the second game in Psikyo’s series, Strikers 1945 II refines the formula set up by the first game and streamlines the …
Strikers 1945
Psikyo was one of the leading shooter companies during the mid-’90s, churning out classics famous for fast gameplay, faster bullets, …
