Another G.Rev shooter gets a (very welcome) modern update and re-release.
One of the great shoot 'em ups includes a tremendous soundtrack unlike that of its contemporaries, and it's part of what makes this game such a classic.
Toaplan's non-shoot 'em ups rarely succeeded commercially, but Snow Bros. at least managed to become a bit of a cult classic, spawning a sequel and a modern revival, too.
Compile might be no more, but there's nothing stopping former devs of the shoot 'em up legend from working together on something new in the present.
Wonder Boy changed quite a bit from game to game, but the jump from II to III was something else.
Gradius goes 3D in the arcades, in the style of Star Fox... sort of.
Compile left its mark across multiple genres, developing loads of games that are still a blast decades later, and their successor studios have helped keep the spirit of the original alive.
Gradius is to horizontal shooters what Xevious is to vertical ones, which is to say, this is a foundational game.
Not a Bomberman in name, but in practice? This parody game is Bomberman's shoot 'em up even more than it's Star Soldier's.
Toaplan and Taito worked together throughout Toaplan's existence, as well as shortly after its demise, and now, decades later, too.
New developers and a new era, but same old Aleste, in a good way.
Yes, this is a retro video game publication, but I find plenty of time for new stuff, too.
