A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
With a title that looks like a cat stepped on the keyboard, this 2D horizontal shooter has a bright art style, a ton of action, and a constantly leveling system. There is a lot to like although it isn’t perfect. Playing as an anime astronaut trying to retrieve stolen gems from aliens, it is your […]
A vertical shooter with a leveling upgrade system, Astro Flame: Starfighter is a Sometimes You published $10 digital download. The gimmick of this shmup comes from the upgrading system. Each defeated enemy drops material that can be collected and then spent to unlock and upgrade numerous ship parts. Besides making the basic firepower cause more […]
Ray’z Arcade Chronology contains a trilogy of Taito shooters from the mid-90s: Raystorm, RayCrisis, and RayForce, The porting wizards at M2 have put their stamp of quality on this compilation as all three games retain their original magic while adding modern features for 2023 players. When I first started my stream, embedded in this article, […]
For a $5 shooter, Feeble Light is an outstanding value. It is a fun, little shmup that doesn’t take itself too seriously but will easily please both casual and dedicated players. Made by a small team and published by EastAsiaSoft, you control a tiny ship as you need to blast enemies and avoid hazards. This […]
This week, me and Gillman try out CounterAttack, a schmup with two gimmicks – there are over 500 parts to customized and there is online/local co-op. This is a simple, quick stream to demonstrate some gameplay.
A budget horizontal shooter by EastAsiaSoft, Hyper-5 doesn’t exactly have the highest level of polish but can still provide some entertainment value if you can deal with the missteps. If you watch my initial stream embedded in this article, you’ll notice that I do not get very far. When the player first starts, the slowly […]
This week, Gillman and I stream some Bullet Casters, a 2D shooter with a lot of bullets and enemies that take multiple hits. This build is actually pre-Early Access. The EA version will launch in a week at the time of this post with the full game becoming available Fall 2023. But in this quick […]
Development for 1993 Shenandoah began in 1992 for the Commodore Amiga and neared completion a year later. However, the teenage developer at the time never finished it because, you know, life. Now, about 30 years later, development has finished, and the game made available on PS4, Switch, and PC. A side-scrolling shooter, 1993 Shenandoah plays […]
Developed by Team Ladybug, makers of the excellent Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, and published by Playism, Drainus is a shooter that is not a bullethell – it is a bulletheaven. In short, this is an outstanding 2D shmup, one that I have not had this much fun with since Ikaruga and […]
A once friendly AI has turned on humanity and the fate of the world is now in the hands of two anime characters and their constantly firing ships. For a classic 2D scrolling shooter, there is a ton of story and narrative here. In fact, there might be too much lore as the dialog scenes […]
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