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Mega Drive shooting classic: Fire Shark from kestrel1977 72 days old

Now this really is a classic from that hangar of classic shooters, Toaplan. Fire Shark, or (brilliantly) Same! Same! Same!, as it's known in Japan, ...

Five retro game compilations I'd like to see from kestrel1977 78 days old

[ ... ] the Sega Saturn; you won't get much change from a fifty pound note. Suddenly, ten pounds for a copy of Taito Legends sounds very cheap indeed. ...

X-Multiply - the shooting genre's forgotten masterpiece from kestrel1977 84 days old

R-Type changed shoot-em-ups forever. It took the core gameplay of Scramble and Gradius - fly from left to right, collect power ups and kill things ...

Look what came from Japan... from kestrel1977 85 days old

The population of my Japanese import Megadrive games increased by three today, as this rather marvelous package arrived in the post. First out of ...

The all time best and worst gun games from kestrel1977 92 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 ...

Look what came from Japan! from kestrel1977 396 days old

Here's a genuine Megadrive rarity - perhaps not the most rare game on the MD, but not far off - Musha Aleste. I managed to get it from eBay for a surprisingly ...

The genius of Japanese advertising from kestrel1977 409 days old

The Japanese churn out some amazing videogames - and in their spare time they make some wacky commercials too. I stumbled upon the site sega-16.com ...

Get away from her you BITCH! from kestrel1977 562 days old

[ ... ] Sega's website isn't exactly overflowing with information, but here's hoping the finished product will live up to the promising details ...

Retro Shootout: Axelay versus Gaiares from kestrel1977 601 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 ...

Sega Saturn: Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus from kestrel1977 634 days old

Thanks to the remarkable gift of Ebay, Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus dropped through my letterbox on Saturday morning. Apart from the Parodius collection, ...