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We reviewed Stellatum back in October 2019. This mix of the vertical-scrolling and twin-stick shooting sub-genres was a stylish and addictive shoot ’em up which felt different to the usual arcade-inspired titles on PSN. The developer, Sometimes You, went on to make I, AI a year later but now Stellatum is back sporting a […]

Stellatum – PS5 Review

April 14, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / shoot em up / stellatum / twin-stick shooter / vertically scrolling by Richie

SturmFront is a top down, twin-stick shooter from German developers Andrade Games and while this genre is heavily represented on PSN, this game more so than many others feels like a direct homage to some of the ’80s arcade titles that popularised this style of game. You play as Siegfried […]

SturmFront: The Mutant War – PS4 Review

April 6, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged alien syndrome / arcade / retro / smash tv / sturmfront / total carnage / twin-stick shooter by Richie

While Bishoujo Battle Cyber Panic can’t really be accused of being original, this single screen arcade dodge ’em up was a game that we were keen to review. Sure, it’s another cheap and cheerful title from Eastasiasoft and is heavily anime flavoured (sorry, I just don’t get it) but it […]

Bishoujo Battle Cyber Panic – PS4 Review

March 12, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime girls / arcade / japanese / qix / retro / single screen by Richie

It may be the nostalgia talking, but what would be the first thing you think of when reading or hearing the pop-punk warcry of “YA YA YA YA YA”? Chances are, you either have no idea what I am talking about and are too young to remember it. That or […]

Taxi Chaos – PS4 Review

March 3, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / bad religion / chaos / Crazy / dreamcast / money / naomi / offspring / Taxi by Grizz

The top-down run and gunner is a sub-genre that we don’t tend to see in its original form anymore. Sure, you’ll get them as twin-stick shooters or with a heap of rogue-lite elements attached but Thunderflash, the latest offering from Ratalaika, is very much in the original style. You shoot in […]

Thunderflash – PS4 Review

March 1, 2021 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / commando / ikari warriors / ratalaika / retro / run and gun / thunderflash / top down by Richie

Speed Limit is a very varied arcade-style title from Croatian coding crew Gamechunk. It’s a game that draws heavily from several sources of inspiration. So much so that it’s central theme is variety. Sure, it’s a 2D run and gunner initially but the game takes you on some incredible twists […]

Speed Limit – PS4 Review

February 26, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / arcade / mixed / retro / shooter / speed limit / variety by Richie

Bullet Beat is a confident little shoot ’em up is from Ternox Games and is best described as a mix of Space Invaders Infinity Gene and Rez. It’s a cheap and cheerful addition to PSN’s ever-growing library of shoot ’em ups and is aimed at arcade fans and anyone who still remembers dubstep. […]

Bullet Beat – PS4 Review

February 25, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / bullet beat / retro / shoot em up / space invaders by Richie

We only just reviewed Ginga Force, a shoot ’em up from genre specialists Qute Corporation and now here is the sequel. Natsuki Chronicles shares much of the same DNA as its prequel. It’s a shoot ’em up, it features a cast of Anime-inspired characters (some of which are returning from the previous game) […]

Natsuki Chronicles – PS4 Review

February 17, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / arcade / ginga force / horizontal / natsuki chronicles / shoot em up by Richie

Ginga Force is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up that has quite an interesting pedigree. It comes from genre-specialists Qute Corporation and they’re responsible for some fairly unique releases. They initially started out making shoot ’em ups for the WonderSwan handheld before porting them to the Xbox 360 and continuing to make […]

Ginga Force – PS4 Review

February 9, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / arcade / ginga force / japan / qute corporation / verically-scrolling shoot 'em up by Richie

It isn’t often that a series will fundamentally change from one game to the next but when Italian coding crew 34BigThings revisited Redout, their super-fast, futuristic racer, they decided to turn it into a space-based shoot ’em up. Redout: Space Assault is a third-person, into-the-screen shooter that has very little in common […]

Redout: Space Assault – PS4 Review

January 28, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / redout / shoot em up / shooter / space / space assault by Richie

It was almost a year ago when we reviewed Project Starship, a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up from Panda Indie Studio and the prolific publishing house Eastasiasoft, our take away was that it was fun, unusual and quite mad but was let down by being too easy and far too short. We […]

Project Starship X – PS4 Review

January 24, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / eastasiasoft / panda indie studio / project starship x / retro / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Rigid Force Redux is a horizontally-scrolling shoot ’em up from confusingly named German indie coders ‘com8com1’ and is a console port of their earlier PC release Rigid Force Alpha. As you can see from the screenshots this is an arcade style title which evokes memories of shoot ’em ups from […]

Rigid Force Redux – PS4 Review

January 6, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / horizontal / r-type / rigid force redux / shoot em up by Richie

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