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Vectorblade is a Vectrex port of a PC game called Warblade. This is an overhead scrolling shooter with some great use of the Vectrex. This is a genre that has been around for decades. Interestingly, it was not one that hit the Vectrex, until now. This is one I might be decent at.
Posts Tagged ‘overhead scrolling shooter’
Vectrex Vectorblade Could See 2020 Release
July 12th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Console, News, Vextrex 
Tags: overhead scrolling shooter, scrolling shooter, vectorblade, Vertical shooter, warblade 
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Screaming Wings 2020 Improves Atari 8 Bit Computer Game
July 11th, 2020 Carl Williams Screaming Wings 2020 is an interesting creation. At its core it is mainly a graphical improvement. What it represents is just how cool computer gaming can be. Sure, there have been graphical improvements for console games. Sadly, most of those require a specific emulator to run. Worst case scenario they run on original hardware but […]
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Posted in Atari 800 XL/XE, Comp, News Tags: arcade, Atari Age, AtariAge, bandit gaming, hack, improvement, overhead scrolling shooter, Screaming Wings, scrolling shooter No Comments »
1942 Mobile Review on Android
March 10th, 2017 Carl Williams Capcom has painted itself into a corner with its mobile releases. Thanks to some shoddy porting work on the Mega Man series recently, most gamers are wary of Capcom games on Android and iPhone. For good reason, too; those ports are quite bad. So bad, in fact, that we didn’t even review them here on […]
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Posted in News, Portables, Reviews Tags: 1942, arcade, capcom, overhead scrolling shooter No Comments »
HAWK Freedom Squadron Coming to Android with 2D Overhead Shooter Style
December 13th, 2016 Carl Williams Retro gaming fans will love HAWK Freedom Squadron, coming first quarter 2017, as it is a throwback to 16-bit shooters but on mobile platforms.
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: android, HAWK Freedom Squadron, My.com, overhead scrolling shooter No Comments »
New Game: Twin Tiger Shark for Windows Released
July 29th, 2014 Carl Williams Retro gaming fans probably know the 16-Bit shooter world quite well with titles such as Raiden, Space Megaforce, the Thunder Force series, Axelay and many more. The old saying, they just don’t make them like that anymore comes to mind as I struggle to think of very many recent titles that hearken back to those […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 1941, arcade, Axelay, carl williams, indie retro news, Mikael Tillander, overhead scrolling shooter, raiden, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, shooter, Space Megaforce, thunder force, triverse, Twin Tiger Shark 1 Comment »
New Game: Illumination Laser Found and Released on the Sharp X68000 Computer
June 21st, 2014 Carl Williams We covered the Sharp X68000 in our second issue of Retro Gaming Magazine where it was featured alongside a handful of great titles worth grabbing. Had Illumination Laser been availalable at the time, it would definitely have made the list of must own/play games for Sharp’s gaming computer. Illumination Laser is an overhead scrolling shooter […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: carl williams, gaming computer, Illumination Laser, japan, Mig2D, overhead scrolling shooter, retro, retro gaming magazine, Sharp, Sky Force 2014, x68000 No Comments »
Review: Sky Force 2014 on Android
June 20th, 2014 Carl Williams Overhead shooters are about as retro as you can get. Even the best looking ones available today on Android or iOS are usually “just” on par with what the SNES was putting out later in its life, let alone newer consoles such as Playstation or Dreamcast. There simply is not a lot that developers are […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: 1941, 1944, 194x, android, carl williams, Infinite Dreams, jxd, neo geo, overhead scrolling shooter, raiden, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrogaming, s7300, Sky Force, Sky Force 2014, Strikers 2 Comments »
Review: Retroships on Android
March 17th, 2014 Carl Williams Overhead scrolling shooters are as retro as can be, they are one of the first styles of game created way back in the day (I am counting Asteroids and Space Invaders here folks). Unlike Mig 2D: Retro Shooter, RetroShips is going for the straight up retro shooter style of overhead gaming. Weapons, enemies and level […]
