Introduction Truxton is a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up developed by Toaplan and published by Taito for Japanese and European arcades in October 1988, with Midway handling the North American arcade release. Conceived by Masahiro Yuge around the idea of a memorization-focused scroller, the design team included Naoki Ogiwara, Sanae Nitō, and Yuko Tataka. Sega…
Introduction Gaiares is a horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up developed by Telenet Japan and published by Renovation for the Sega Genesis, released in Japan in December 1990 and in North America the following March. It was primarily the work of just two people, programmer Masayasu Yamamoto and lead designer Kouji Yokota, in what was Yokota’s…
Introduction Thunder Force II is a side-scrolling shoot ’em up developed by Technosoft, first released in Japan in October 1988 for the X68000 home computer before being ported to the Sega Mega Drive a year later. The Mega Drive version launched in Japan, Europe, and the United States, and was one of the six launch…
Introduction Zero Wing is a horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up originally developed by Toaplan and released in Japanese arcades in 1989, headed by development chief Toshiaki Ōta and a team drawn from several earlier Toaplan projects. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive with a Japanese release in May 1991 and a European release…
Introduction Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, commonly known as Desert Strike, is a shoot ’em up video game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in February 1992 for Sega’s Mega Drive.[1] The game was later released on several other formats such as the SNES, including a much upgraded version for the Amiga home computer. The…
Introduction The Cotton series is a line of shoot ’em up video game software developed by Success with a long history of releases both in arcades and on home video game consoles. With the series debuting in 1991, the Cotton games have helped to establish the visual style of shoot ’em ups sometimes called cute…
:DESCRIPTION Battle Mania Daiginjō is the sequel to Trouble Shooter (known in Japan as Battle Mania), for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis gaming systems. It is a cult classic horizontal side-scrolling shoot-’em-up and published by Vic Tokai exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive, released in Japan on December 25, 1993. Unlike the first Battle Mania, which…
Description Jungle Strike is a video game developed (in association with Mike Posehn) and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. It was originally released for the Mega Drive, before being ported to several other systems including an upgraded version for the Amiga. The Amiga and other home computer conversions were the responsibility of Ocean Software…