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I suck at scrolling shooters. While I love them, they don’t love me back. This is mainly the classics though. Titles like Last Resort (Neo Geo exclusive), Thunder Force III, U.N. Squadron, etc. They all eat my lunch and rub my face in the dirt. Even back in the day, my younger days is what […]
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The Top 5 Shooters On The C64 Mini
October 1st, 2017 
Brandon Weicks While our patience is wearing thin waiting for the ZX Spectrum Next and the ZX Spectrum Vega+, the C64 Mini promises to be one of the better re-imagined retro PC devices to reach the market. As we anxiously await its release, here is a list of the top 5 shooters that will come preloaded on […]
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Axelay Gives Gamers Both Kinds of Shooters on Super Nintendo – September 14th, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
September 13th, 2016 Carl Williams Back in the day scrolling shooters were a dime a dozen. To stand out from the crowd you had to have something unique in your shooter. Just being a side or horizontal scroll shooter was not enough anymore. Konami was, at this time, kicking butt with their other games – Castlevania IV, Contra III etc. […]
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Two New Shooters on Track for Release on Sega Dreamcast – Ghost Blade and Redux 2
May 23rd, 2015 Carl Williams First up, for those screaming foul on the title to this article- Ghost Blade is back on track as a new programmer has been found that can handle the remaining work. Ghost Blade is an overhead scrolling shooter in the style of Mars Matrix and other bullet hell style shooters that are popular for some […]
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Kickstarter- STRAFE Looks to Return First Person Shooters to the Mid 90’s, and You Are Going to Love It
January 28th, 2015 Carl Williams Remember the first time you fired up Space Hulk on 3DO, Saturn or Playstation? Remember how the sprite based enemies just piled up in the level? It was unfortunate that they disappear as you explore but the idea was there, as did the blood stains on the walls. STRAFE looks to build on that level […]
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New Game- Red Olympus Takes First Person Shooters back to the Basics
January 23rd, 2015 Carl Williams Ah, First Person Shooters (FPS) are a genre that is going quite strong, and have been doing so for several decades now. When you think of the genre you probably think of over detailed massive games that require a beast to run. The Gravedigger, the developer responsible for Red Olympus, has decided to take the […]
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New Game: Dokingan Reminds PC Gamers What Bullet Hell Shooters are like
January 7th, 2015 Carl Williams When it comes to arcade style, overhead or side scrolling, shooters the console market is the clear cut winner. The PC world simply does not get many of this style of game. In the past we have seen a few though, some of the Raiden games have been ported (though in extremely low resolution) and […]
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Bungie Shows the Macintosh Can Rock 1st Person Shooters with Marathon – December 21st, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
December 21st, 2014 Carl Williams It is no small secret that First Person Shooter (FPS) games are still raging on within the gaming world. Whether on console or computers or mobile, they are still going strong. With the advent of the newer consoles, we saw even more FPS games racking up sales and continuing franchises. 20 years ago, Bungie (the […]
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New Game: X-Force Reminds Gamers that the Commodore 64 Can Rock Scrolling Shooters
November 8th, 2014 Carl Williams Side scrolling shooters. A genre that used to rule the roost in gaming, no matter what platform you gamed on, there was probably more than a handful of side scrolling shooters (unless it was a 3DO, CD-i or Playdia that is). From the likes of Nemesis II on the Game Boy to Thunder Force III […]
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Kickstarter: Gryphon Knight Epic Looks to Re-Invigorate 2D Side Scrolling Shooters (Think Phelios Folks)
August 5th, 2014 Carl Williams Okay, side scrolling shooters used to rule the roost back in the 16-Bit days. It seemed like we could not go more than a day or two without having a friend tell the tale of a new 2D, either side or overhead, scrolling shooter coming out for a platform of the day (counting hand held […]
