By 1994 the American arcade was dominated by countless fighting games, light gun shooters and some truly awesome 3d racing games. This left the once popular shooter clearly on the outs, which sucked as that was about the point when some of the most unique games in the genre would hit the market. Fans were […]Gokujō Parodius
By 1994 the American arcade was dominated by countless fighting games, light gun shooters and some truly awesome 3d racing games. This left the once popular shooter clearly on the outs, which sucked as that was about the point when some of the most unique games in the genre would hit the market. Fans were […]
I’ve always been fascinated by Japanese games that were released in Europe and not the US. Cultural differences are usually the culprit most of the time however there are many cases that are baffling upon closer inspection. The Parodius series is one of these; a good number of the games were released by Konami in […]
The Gradius style power-up system is one of the most versatile and creative in the history of the shooter genre, so good in fact that many games have cribbed it. Konami themselves have used a variation of it in a variety of spin offs, most notably Salamander and Twin Bee. 2 obviously wasn’t enough so […]
