At some point in the mid 90’s while many of us were playing Doom on our blazing fast 386 machines loaded with Windows 95, an enterprising developer in Japan by the name of Famibe no Yosshin was busy crafting an amazing freeware “bullet-hell” shooter for a somewhat obscure Japanese computer that was capable of arcade […]
Posts Tagged ‘x68000’
Exclusive Interview with Cho Ren Sha X68k Composer Ruzarin “Loser” Kashiwagi
January 3rd, 2016
Aaron Hickman
Jumping Flash Gave Gamers Fear of Heights – January 1st, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
December 31st, 2014
Carl Williams Jumping Flash was unique when it was released. The same for the Sony PlayStation which at launch left gamers not really knowing what to expect. Sony was not exactly known for great games when they decided to launch a console. Their software division had a few hits but not enough to sustain a new, break […]
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 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 […]
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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