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Scrolling shooter fans were well served with the Sega Genesis and right out of the gate they got Thunder Force II from Sega/Technosoft. Thunder Force II would have been at home in the arcades if it was released there. Interestingly, Sega really covered several genres with the launch of the Genesis. The only missed obvious […]
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Thunder Force II Brings Arcade Quality Scrolling Shooter Action to Sega Genesis – August 14, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
August 14th, 2014 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Genesis, News, Sega 
Tags: action, alien, aliens, arcade, carl williams, genesis, japan, japanese, overhead, playstation, really good, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, saturn, sega, Sharp, shooter, side scrolling, space, stuff blows up real good, Technos, Thunder Force II, x68000 
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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 […]
