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Tag: Shmups

Bullet Hell Collection, Jets’n’Guns Complete Collection coming to Switch this year

Shmup Week is officially underway!

By Joseph Luster 10 January 2024
 
Multidirectional blaster Ark Area warps into the Arcade Archives

Shmup No. 5,483 hits retro range It’s Saturday, and that means it’s time to take a look at this week’s…

By Chris Moyse 20 May 2023
 
Irem Collection Volume 1 kicks off a anthology of classic shmups

Battle Beyond the Stars ININ Games, in association with Irem and Tozai Games, has announced Irem Collection Volume 1, a…

By Chris Moyse 26 April 2023
 
3D Thunder Ceptor II comin’ atcha in the Arcade Archives

*Now in 2D This week’s Arcade Archives entry is another Namco oddity, as Hamster has prepped and readied little-seen sequel…

By Chris Moyse 18 March 2023
 
Nintendo Switch Online adds Kirby’s Dream Land 2, BurgerTime Deluxe, & Xevious

Cute pink ball in the side pocket Nintendo Switch Online has updated its library of old-school releases, offering up hours…

By Chris Moyse 16 March 2023
 
Ray’Z Arcade Chronology getting set to shmup in 2023

Retro compendium jettin’ west via ININ Games Veteran publisher Taito, in conjunction with developer M2, has released a teaser trailer…

By Chris Moyse 28 December 2022
 
Cotton Fantasy coming to PC under its superior Japanese title

Save some Willow from the holidays! Success Corporation has announced that it will launch a PC port of modern cute-’em-up…

By Chris Moyse 22 December 2022
 
Arcade Archives celebrates its 300th week with ’70s classic Galaxian

An icon returns This week is a very special one for the retro purveyors over at Hamster Corp, this week…

By Chris Moyse 26 November 2022
 
Telenet Shooting Collection compiles some forgotten ’90s shmups

PC Engine Memories Japanese studio Edia has announced that it is currently developing retro compilation Telenet Shooting Collection for Nintendo…

By Chris Moyse 22 November 2022
 
After some trouble, Radiant Silvergun is now live on Switch again

Here’s what happened So roughly a week ago, Radiant Silvergun arrived on the Switch following a Nintendo Direct announcement. That’s good!…

By Chris Carter 20 September 2022
 
Taito’s 1990 shmup Gun Frontier joins the Arcade Archives range

There’s gold in them thar hills… Following on from last week’s glorious Namco release Dig Dug, Hamster has turned its…

By Chris Moyse 13 August 2022
 
The RayStorm / RayCrisis remasters confirmed for western release

Classic shmups jetting to these shores ININ Games has confirmed that both Ray’z Arcade Chronology and RayStorm x RayCrysis HD…

By Chris Moyse 1 August 2022
 
Raiden IV x MIKADO Remix headed west on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox

Shmup remaster jets off in 2023 NIS America has announced that it will be bringing its 2021 remaster Raiden IV…

By Chris Moyse 27 July 2022
 

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