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The Super Nintendo was known for slow down when trying to put a lot of action on the screen. This was most apparent in scrolling shooters (horizontal and vertical) such as Gradius III. By the time R-Type III Third Lightning came around developers pretty much had the SNES hardware figured out. The Super Nintendo was […]
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R-Type III Third Lightning Blows Up Super Nintendo – August 2nd, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
August 1st, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Nintendo, Super Nintendo 
Tags: Bydo Empire, horizontal scrolling, irem, r-type, R-Type III, shooter, side scrolling, Third Lightning 
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Cave Story Coming to Sega Genesis Work in Progress, Playable Demo Available
July 6th, 2016 Carl Williams Cave Story. A game that has made the rounds quite a bit on modern platforms (my first exposure was on the Sony Playstation Portable). Now, we can start ticking off classic, retro, consoles as this 2D action game is coming to the Sega Genesis. If you don’t know what Cave Story is about then you […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 3ds, action, cave story, dreamcast, genesis, homebrew, independent developer, macintosh, mega man, nintendo, playstation, portable, retro, retro gaming, sega, shooter, wii, xbox 1 Comment »
3D City, Rails Based Shooter, for Sega Master System Work in Progress
July 3rd, 2016 Carl Williams 3D City is a work in progress shooter for the Sega Master System. Anyone that has played a lot of retro games in their time will recognize the style as a rails, or forced scrolling, shooter. The basic game play is simple, shoot the incoming ships before they reach you. Miss four of them and […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 3d, 3D City, rails, retro, retrogaming, sega master system, shooter, SMS, SMSPower 2 Comments »
Salamander Infects Japanese Arcades – July 4th, 1986 – Today in Video Game History
July 3rd, 2016 Carl Williams Retitled “Life Force” when released in North America a few months later, Salamander was iconic for gamers. First, this was a spinoff of another Konami arcade shooter- Gradius. We all know how well spinoff titles usually do in gaming so it is rather interesting that Salamander was able to buck the trend. Can anyone name […]
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Posted in Arcade, Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Sony Tags: action, arcade, konami, Life Force, Salamander, shooter, side scrolling 1 Comment »
Xydonia, Retro Inspired Side Scrolling Shooter, Hits Kickstarter
July 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams Remember R-Type, Gradius, Darius and Thunder Force? Sure you do. So does Breaking Byte Games who are making a homage to those classics called Xydonia. Xydnonia is not simply a game that “feels” like those classics or has an enemy or two inspired by those games. No, this is a tour de force challenger for […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 3ds, arcade, Darius, gradius, greenlight, kickstarter, linux, macintosh, neo geo, nintendo, playstation, PS Vita, r-type, retro, retrogaming, shooter, side scrolling, steam, xbox, Xydonia No Comments »
Star Versus Mixes Asteroids with Gradius for Nintendo Entertainment System
July 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams New Nintendo Entertainment System games are not as regular as they are for the Atari 2600. That makes new releases all the more interesting to me. Sure, Atari 2600 stuff is fun and interesting- mostly on a “technical” level, NES stuff is usually more advanced thanks to the increased hardware power available. Take Star Versus […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 1 on 1, asteroids, homebrew, independent, nes, nintendo, shooter, Space War, Star Versus No Comments »
Wild Guns Reloaded Shown at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016
June 18th, 2016 Carl Williams When it was first announced that Natsume was planning on relaunching Wild Guns, I was a little apprehensive. Was this to be on the iPhone or Android platform, where a lot of these titles appear? Was this going to go all “current gen” with the graphics and lose its charm? Not all concerns were eliminated […]
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Posted in News, Sony Tags: natsume, playstation, PS4, psn, reboot, shooter, Wild Guns Reloaded 2 Comments »
Game Boy Receives Cowboys Game Guns and Riders
June 14th, 2016 Carl Williams The old west is a place that many wish we could go back to. While I am not sure why, it is a popular time period. Gamers have barely touched the genre thanks to not many developers and publishers making games based in the old west. Sure, we got Gunsmoke on the Nintendo (zapper game) […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: flappy bird, game boy, Guns and Riders, homebrew, independent, indie, old west, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, romhacking.net, shooter, wild west No Comments »
Sega Genesis Receives New Game Bomb on Basic City
June 14th, 2016 Carl Williams The developer behind the rather interesting Papi Commando, a homage to Capcom’s Commando, is back with a new title. Bomb on Basic City is a flying title that tasks you with destroying your own city. This is not what you think though. You are destroying your city so that you can take it back.
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: BasiEgaXorz, Bomb on Basic City, C++ Invaders, Papi Commando, sega genesis, Sega Mega Drive, shooter 2 Comments »
StarBlitz Reminds Atari 2600 Fans Defender Rocks
June 9th, 2016 Carl Williams New games on old platforms such as the Atari 2600 are more and more common place than they used to be. This is probably thanks to more tools and better understanding of the hardware being available. Developers are working on all kinds of new games for the first Atari console. StarBlitz is a new Atari […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: atari 2600, AtariAge, defender, forums, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, shooter, side scrolling, StarBlitz No Comments »
