All posts by Nick Zverloff

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

Kolibri

Saving the world is nothing new in video games. Kolibri however, puts a different spin on the concept. Instead of a space

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

Hellfire

Toaplan was primarily known for vertical shooters, but Hellfire is their first (of two) horizontal shooters, with the other one being Zero

Aero Fighters 2

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Sonic Wings / Aero Fighters

Aero Fighters‘ sequel came to the Neo-Geo MVS providing somewhat more power to show additional enemies and power-ups on screen

Dimahoo

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Mahou Daisakusen

“ARE YOU GREAT?” asks the intro for Great Mahou Daisakusen, before immediately answering its own question, proclaiming “WE ARE GREAT!”. It’s

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.

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