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The all time best and worst gun games from kestrel1977 106 days old

If you've ever fired a plastic gun at a screen, you'll know precisely the type of game I'm on about: the on-rails shooters where you fire at the digital ...

Star Soldier R on WiiWare from kestrel1977 542 days old

Galaga. Ikaruga. R-Type. You've got to love 2D blasters, and it's a real shame that the genre's been so neglected in recent years. Thankfully, Hudsonsoft ...

Lost Winds on WiiWare from kestrel1977 549 days old

Like the sad, sad man that I am, I lurked around in the living room last night until midnight struck, anxious to see whether Nintendo had let me down ...

Countdown to WiiWare... from kestrel1977 550 days old

If Nintendo are to be believed, we Europeans should finally be getting access to WiiWare some time tomorrow (Tuesday 20th May). I for one can't wait ...

Freak like Mii from kestrel1977 573 days old

Nintendo Wii's Mii Contest Channel is a pleasant diversion for a few minutes or so between bouts of Mario Galaxy or Zelda: Twilight Princess. In ...

R-Type and sadism don't mix... from kestrel1977 600 days old

If a game could be tried for crimes against humanity, Super R-Type for the SNES would be the first to stand trial. It's the most viciously, sadistically ...

Classic in the area: UN Squadron/Area 88 for the SNES from kestrel1977 602 days old

Capcom's SNES conversion of their classic shooter Area 88 (or UN Squadron, as it was known in here) is an odd beast, and is best regarded as a re-imagining ...

Back with three Japanese Super Nintendo imports... from kestrel1977 606 days old

After a rather longer than expected hiatus (blame a mixture of infirmity, last weekend's i33 LAN gaming festival and downright laziness for my absence), ...

Retro Shootout: Axelay versus Gaiares from kestrel1977 615 days old

By a strange quirk of fate, Axelay and Gaiares (early nineties shoot-em-ups for the Super Nintendo and Sega Megadrive respectively) both dropped ...

Super Mario Galaxy - better than everything, ever. from kestrel1977 642 days old

It's fair to say that Nintendo's biggest franchise has had far more ups than downs over the last 25 years or so – the Gamecube's playable but ultimately ...