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Get ready for Turrican Flashback if you are a fan of action games. Fans of run and gun games know the name Turrican quite well. If not, then I must ask, just how big a fan of the genre are you? Anyhow, ININ Games are working with Factor 5 to create a curated Turrican collection. […]
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Turrican Flashback Collects Games on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4
November 3rd, 2020 
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Prerendered Blastathon Vectorman Makes Sega Genesis Debut – October 24th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
October 24th, 2020 Carl Williams Vectorman was one of the better uses of prerendered computer graphics in games. Sure, Nintendo did it with the Donkey Kong Country franchise but that was, well, on the Super Nintendo. Sega needed something to brag about in this genre and Vectorman was it. I find it hard to ignore but there is a strong […]
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Tags: action, adventure, donkey kong country, mega man, prerendered, run and gun, Vectorman 
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Ultracore Hitting PlayStation and Nintendo Switch Digital Stores
June 21st, 2020 Carl Williams Ultracore is one of those long-lost treasures that gamers gave up on. This happens quite a bit in the video game world. Companies have games near completion and pull the plug for whatever reason. With Ultracore, formerly known as Project Hardcore, gamers had extraordinarily little to go on. There simply was not a lot of […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Playstation 4, Sony, Switch Tags: 2d, action, Project Hardcore, psygnosis, rescueware, run and gun, side scrolling, Ultra Core No Comments »
Data East Saves Mega Turrican on Sega Genesis – June 7th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
June 6th, 2020 Carl Williams Mega Turrican can be viewed as Turrican 3. This is mainly because it was marketed as such on the Commodore Amiga. On that platform this game was called Turrican 3: Payment Day. Originally planned for release in 1993, Factor 5 would have to wait almost a year for launch. Data East picked up worldwide distribution […]
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Posted in Commodore Amiga, Comp, Genesis, News, Sega Tags: Castlevania Bloodlines, contra, Contra Hard Corps, data east, Factor 5, gunstar heroes, Mega Turrican, run and gun No Comments »
Destroy Everything Valfaris Hitting PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC Platforms
September 8th, 2019 Carl Williams If you have already heard about Valfaris then cool. I am writing this for the gamers that missed this one, like me. I am a huge fan of games like Contra and Midnight Resistance. I am also a big fan of classic cartoons like GI Joe and Transformers – shows that were heavy on action […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Playstation 4, Sony, Switch, Windows, Xbox, Xbox One Tags: action, Merge Games, run and gun, Valfaris 1 Comment »
New Commodore Amiga Endless Runner Miky’s Land Continues Development
December 28th, 2017 Carl Williams The Commodore Amiga is still a viable platform for many gamers and developers alike. For proof just look around, there are plenty of games coming out, in development, or have been released since this computer was no longer commercially viable. Take Miky’s Land for example, an endless runner with a mix of platforming and shooting […]
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Posted in Commodore Amiga, Comp, News Tags: action, amiga, commodore, contra, endless runner, Michael Gibs, Mikey's Land, platform, run and gun, super mario No Comments »
Apocalypse Max Review – Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
October 3rd, 2016 Carl Williams The zombie apocalypse is a popular point in fiction. We have seen this event play out in movies, books, cartoons and television shows among many other facets of entertainment. Particularly in video games this is a popular vantage point to play from. We have seen it in Resident Evil and in many other games. Apocalypse […]
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Cuphead Pits Gamers Against 1930s Game World Xbox One and Steam
August 27th, 2016 Carl Williams Remember those old cartoons from the early days of cinema? Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, etc? Yea, those classics that have that amazingly smooth animation to them. Well, Cuphead is essentially that but in a game that you are controlling. What is even better is, this is a run and gun game similar to Gunstar Heroes […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Xbox Tags: boss battles, contra, Cuphead, December 2016, devil, gunstar heroes, MDHR, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, run and gun 4 Comments »
Blackthorne Shows Super Nintendo’s Dark Side – August 10th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
August 10th, 2016 Carl Williams Blackthorne by Interplay was one of those Super Nintendo releases that previously would have never happened. When Nintendo launched the whole “Play it Loud” campaign they said it was a change of pace for the company. They would be partially shedding their “family friendly” image. This allowed third party companies to release more mature titles […]
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Contra Hard Corps Drills Super Nintendo Contra III Into Ground – August 8th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
August 7th, 2016 Carl Williams When Contra Hard Corps for the Sega Genesis was first announced, out another game, Gunstar Heroes was mentioned a lot. There were rumors concerning Konami. Mainly that this was a thumb to the nose at Treasure (developer of Gunstar Heroes). If you do not know, Treasure was founded by ex-Konami employees. Like Contra Hard Corps […]
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Posted in Genesis, News, Sega Tags: 1994, action, August 8th, contra, gunstar heroes, Hard Corps, konami, run and gun, sega No Comments »
