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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

We’re self-confessed fans of 10Tons Ltd and their range of twin-stick shoot ’em ups and have been covering their reappearance as PS5 titles happily. It started with Jydge which got a surprising re-release as a PS5 launch title and since then we’ve given positive reviews to Undead Horde and their new joint Tesla […]

Tesla vs Lovecraft – PS5 Review

December 30, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 10tonsltd. tesla vs lovecraft / action / arcade / retro / twin-stick shooter / upgrades by Richie

It may not carry the same weight that it did forty years ago but the name Space Invaders is still huge when it comes to gaming. It is considered to be one of the great grandfathers of gaming. Not the first arcade game by any means but the first to catch […]

Space Invaders Forever – PS4 Review

December 15, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / classic gaming / coin-op / forever / intergalactic bastards / retro / space invaders by Richie

Rusty Spout Rescue Adventure is an indie puzzler from Thai-based coders 7 Ravens Studio and a game that revisits a classic game format from years past. Any reader over the age of twenty who is reading this, will have seen from the screenshots that this is pretty much a Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move clone. […]

Rusty Spout Rescue Adventure – PS4 Review

December 9, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / bust a move / Casual / puzzle / puzzle bobble / rusty spout rescue adventure by Richie

I, AI is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Satur Games who previously brought us the sophisticated twin-sticker Stellatum. Much like its predecessor, this is a game with a focus on upgrading but is a much simpler affair to understand. After a brief bit of plot that explains that you are a rogue […]

I, AI – PS4 Review

December 2, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / easy / i ai / retro / stellatum / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

We’ve made no secret of our love for 10Tons Ltd and their range of top down shooters. Follow us on Twitter and you’ll regularly see us going on about Jydge which we recently reviewed again when it showed up as part of the PS5’s launch line-up. As soon as we […]

Tesla Force – PS5 Review

November 28, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 10tonsltd / arcade / neonchrome / rogue-like / tesla force / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Jade’s Ascension is a twin-stick shooter from Spanish dev team Papas Con Mojo, a small team who were selected for the PlayStation Games Camp in 2019. This effort is their first PS4 title and is currently an exclusive, although a PC port is due next year. The game does have some […]

Jade’s Ascension – PS4 Review

November 20, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / cartoon / China / jade's ascension / twin-stick shooter by Richie

When it comes to genre-defining, all-time classic coin-ops, it doesn’t get more iconic than Taito’s famous Bubble Bobble series. The series has been punctuated with iterations ever since it’s original 1986 release, certainly more than the three that Bubble Bobble 4 Friends dual meant title suggests. To be honest, the story of the […]

Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron is Back! – PS4 ...

November 19, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / bubble bobble 4 friends / Classic / coin-op / neo-retro / retro / update by Richie

We’ve reviewed Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype before. It came out in 2015 but was itself a port of the original 2010 PS3 release. As with the Vita version, this combines the original PS3 game and its DLC but, slightly protracted history aside, the game is a 2D shoot ’em up, very […]

Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition – PS4 Review

November 8, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / arcade / eastasiasoft / shoot em up / Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition by Richie