 Axelay
- Konami (SNES)
(Rogues
Gallery Special Feature)
Biometal
- Athena (SNES)
Contra
III/Contra Spirits (SNES)
Darius
Twin - Taito (SNES)
Einhander
- Squaresoft
(Playstation)
Gun
Frontier - Taito/Xing
(Saturn)
Guardian
Force - Success
(Saturn)
Image
Fight/X-Multiply Pack
Irem/Xing
(Saturn)
Layer
Section - Taito (Saturn)
Layer
Section 2 - Taito
(Playstation
/ Saturn)
MARS
MATRIX - Takumi/Capcom
(Dreamcast&Arcade)
Parodius
Deluxe Pack - Konami
(Saturn)
- also PSX
Progear
STORM OF PROGIA -
Cave/Capcom
(Arcade)
Raiden
Project - Seibu
(Playstation)
Raycrisis
(Layer Section 3) -
Taito
(Playstation)
R-Type
Delta - Irem
(Playstation)
Sol
Divide - Psikyo/Atlus
(Saturn/PSX)
Soukyugurentai
- Raizing/EA
(Saturn)
Super
Contra - Konami (NES)
Wild
Guns - Natsume (SNES)
Xevious-
Namco (Arcade)
Zanac-
Compile (NES)
 s you can probably see we
need a few more good reviews of classic
titles for the site. If you are
interested in doing one or two do let me
know! Some games which I particularly
would like to see reviewed here include:
Gradius/Salamander
Series
Other Konami titles including
the Contras
Castlevanias, Axelay, Parodius, Metroid
etc
R-Type series and other Irem
arcade games
Classic Capcom games
including Strider
Ghosts and Goblins, Bionic Commando etc
All Treasure Games
Metal Slug I and II
Any other suitably
boss-tastic titles
( I will probably concentrate on Japanese
titles which were the inspiration for
this site..)
If you are
interested in contributing a review give
me a quick
e-mail
Review
: Image
Fight/X-Multiply Pack
by
Irem/Xing (Sega Saturn)
Image
Fight and X-Multiply on one CD? A
laser-based
dream in software format! Make no
mistake..
Rogues
Gallery Special Feature : Axelay
by Konami (Snes)
Axelay showed off
the awesome
capabilities of the newly released
SNES to a stunned gaming
audience back in 1992..
Review
: Guardian
Force
by
Success (Sega Saturn)
(including
Saturn top-down
Space shooter roundup.)
Success
take a break from the Cotton series
to bring us an old-school shooter in the
shape of Guardian Force. But is it any
good?
Also takes a look at some of the best
alternative
Saturn top-down space shooters.
Review
: The Raiden Project
by Seibu Kaihatsu (Playstation)
Raiden
Project offers arcade-perfect conversions
of both
Raiden and Raiden 2 on one Playstation
disc -
outstounding VFM and now extremely cheap
to pick up -
do yourself a favour and grab a copy
now..
Review
: Einhander
by
Squaresoft (Playstation)
Square's
mighty PSX shooter - featuring a
distinctly
Teutonic evil Empire in a not too distant
future..
reviewed by Basi
Review : Layer
Section
(aka
Rayforce/Galactic Attack)
by Taito (Sega Saturn)
'Three
names - one great shooter' - Zach Keene
I coudn't agree more with Zach.. Layer
Section rocks!
Review
: Raystorm
(Layer Section 2)
by
Taito (Playstation/Sega Saturn)
The
follow up to Rayforce abandons 2D
in favour of polygon graphics and 3D
backgrounds - so how does it shape up
compared to the original?
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LATEST REVIEWS
Rogues Gallery Special
Feature : Xevious
by Namco (Arcade)
A nostalgic but
in-depth look at the
grand-daddy of modern vertical shooters!
Review :
Mars
Matrix
by Takukmi/Capcom
SEGA DREAMCAST & ARCADE
The
Capcom and Takumi team's best shooter to
date? Reviewed by John Chang!
Review :
Storm
of Progia (PROGEAR)
by
Cave/Capcom ARCADE
Cave/Capcom's
brand spanking new Arcade
shooter examined in fine detail by John
Chang!
Review :
Contra
III/Contra Spirits
by
Konami (SNES)
The
Contra series comes to the SNES in the
form of
Contra III - The Alien Wars! Reviewed by
Rob Taylor.
Review
: Super Contra
by
Konami (NES)
Super
Contra's rock-hard gameplay still leaves
many
lesser games trailing in its wake.. Luke
O'Sullivan
reviews a Nintendo NES all-time classic!!
Review
: Ray
Crisis
by
Taito (Playstation)
Just
released in Japan by Taito - the third in
the '
Rayforce aka LayerSection shooter
series!. Matthew
Ross gives us more info and his verdict.
Review
: R-Type
Delta
by
Irem (Playstation)
The latest release
in Irem's classic R-Type shooter
series eschews traditional 2D for polygon
graphics
- but to what effect?-
Review : Gun Frontier
by
Taito/Xing (Sega Saturn)
Another
release by Xing on the 'Arcade Gears'
label
is an unusual 1990 Arcade shooter by
Taito.
Review : Sol Divide
by
Psikyo/Atlus (PSX/Saturn)
Psikyo's
uber-surreal fantasy shoot em up is
translated
to Saturn and Playsation - how does it
fare?
Review : Parodius
Deluxe Pack
by
Konami (Saturn) - Also PSX
One of my
favourite retro release packs ever!!
Konami's
Parodius Deluxe Pack on Saturn contains
the classics
Parodius and Parodius 2. Joshua Kaufman
reviews...
Review : Darius Twin
by
Taito (SNES)
Darius
makes the transition from the Arcades,
via
the Turbographix system, to the Super
Nintendo
with some-what mixed results. Zach Keene
reviews..
Review : Soukyugurentai
by
Raizing/E.A. (Saturn/Playstation)
A truly
stunning Japanese-style shooter from
new boys on the block Raizing and an
essential
purchase for fans of the genre.
Review
: Zanac
by
Complile (NES)
First in
the line of acclaimed Compile shooters
like
Blazing Lazers and Super Aleste, Zanac is
a bit of a
classic. Zach Keene's review explains
why..
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