vertically-scrolling shoot em up

Dead End City is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up by Dublin-based dev Thomas Schreiber otherwise known as Pixel Licker LLC and has been published by the ever-prolific eastasiasoft. However, unlike the usual military/space settings that these games tend to use, this game has a post-apocalyptic Mad Max vibe to it […]

Dead End City – PS5 Review

February 29, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged dead end city / eastasiasoft / fury road was rubbish though right? / mad max / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Nephenthesys is a vertically-scrolling, but wide-screen, shoot ’em up from budget kings eastasiasoft and it’s all been put together by enigmatic coders Let’s Dev Studios (we say enigmatic because these guys have no website and no social media presence). A credits screen reveals them to be a small studio with […]

Nephenthesys – PS5 Review

January 17, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / nephenthesys / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

RedRaptor is a traditional vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from publisher eastasiasoft and is the debut effort from Novax Games. As with most of the shoot ’em ups from this publisher, this one is short, reasonably basic and with an initially tricky difficulty level that soon settles down and gives you that […]

RedRaptor – PS5 Review

October 9, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / redraptor / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Feeble Light is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up that comes to us by way of prolific publishers Eastasiasoft and is the latest of a series of shooters from Panda Indie Studio who previously brought us Project Starship, Red Death, Void Gore andZ-Warp. These were all similar games to this one in […]

Feeble Light – PS5 Review

July 5, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / panda indie studio / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Danmaku Unlimited 3 is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from one-man Canadian coder, Doragon Entertainment. The previous two games never made it over to PSN, and seem to just be mobile phone efforts, but this game landed on the Switch back in 2019 and has now finally made it to […]

Danmaku Unlimited 3 – PS4 Review

June 15, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged bullet-hell / danmaku unlimited 3 / retro / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

We’re not exactly sure why MOSS and NIS America insist on releasing their Raiden games in such a bizarre order, but following on from Raiden 5: Director’s Cut and Raiden 4 x MIKADO, here is their last updated port and this time it’s Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX. Dating back to 2005, Raiden III is […]

Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX – PS5 Review

June 12, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade port / mikado / raiden III / remaster / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Raiden IV x Mikado Remix is a vertically-scrolling shoot-’em-up from famed Japanese arcade developer MOSS. As with most series from Japan, there’s a degree of… non-linearity to their releases and that’s definitely the case here as Raiden V already exists (we reviewed it five years ago). But a lot of people […]

Raiden IV x Mikado Remix – PS5 Review

January 27, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / japan / raiden / shooter / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

Crisis Wing is an old-school, arcade-style vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from one man coding crew Pieslice Productions and is published by Eastasiasoft who have been prolific in recent years when it comes to providing us with this type of shooter. Inspired by the likes of Toaplan, a now defunct Japanese coin-op […]

Crisis Wing – PS5 Review

September 27, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / crisis wing / retro / vertically-scrolling shoot em up by Richie

While many of our contemporaries like to focus on the big triple-A titles, our roots here at PlayStation Country are in playing the indie stuff and it didn’t get more indie than the now-defunct Xbox Live Indie Games service on the Xbox 360. While that service was plagued with some […]

Shoot 1UP DX – PS4 Review

February 24, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged indie / remaster / rerelease / shoot 1up dx / shoot em up / vertically-scrolling shoot em up / xbox live indie games by Richie

Void Gore is the latest in the ever-growing line of retro-inspired shoot ’em ups from the prolific stable of Eastasiasoft. Their relationship with Panda Indie Studio has produced several games so far such as Null Drifter, Red Space and two Project Starship games and this one shares plenty of DNA […]

Void Gore – PS4 Review

February 19, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / easy / panda indie studio / platinum / retro / shoot em up / vertically-scrolling shoot em up / void gore 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

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