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Flightpath: Adventures in Venaris is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Japanese devs Illogic Games and is the latest release from the ever-prolific eastasiasoft. While the shooting is front and centre, as you’d expect, Illogic have also elevated the importance of the story which is something you generally don’t see […]

Flightpath: Adventures in Venaris – PS5 Review

April 6, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged adventures in venaris / eastasiasoft / flightpath / shoot up em / upgrades / vertically scrolling by Richie

Shinorubi is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up from Parisian studio Last Boss 88 and it’s in the modern ‘Danmaku’ style which means it’s a bullet-hell affair so expect barrages of bullets to weave through and just a lot of stuff going on on-screen when you fire this one up. Now we […]

Shinorubi – PS5 Review

January 1, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged danmaku / last boss 88 / shinorubi / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

Excessive Trim is the latest effort from Panda Indie Studio best known for their long line of vertically-scrolling shoot ’em ups published by eastasiasoft. We’ve reviewed quite a lot of their games and while their last one, Feeble Light, was awful, we generally like what they do. This game is a […]

Excessive Trim – PS5 Review

November 5, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / easy platinum / panda indie studio / retro / vertically scrolling by Richie

Sophstar is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up in the classic ’90s style and it was put together by Brazilian studio Banana Bytes. It’s kind of old school, as evidenced by the 2D sprites and simple backdrops but comes with a lot of options and ways to play that give it maybe […]

Sophstar – PS5 Review

October 25, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / coin-op / never 'shmup' / shoot em up / sophstar / vertically scrolling by Richie

Now, this is a tricky one. Thunderbolt Collection is another retro-collection from QuByte. They previously brought us the Humans Collection and have now dug even further into the archives to pull out this collection of two little-known shoot ’em ups. What you get with this collection are Thunderbolt Fighting Plane and Thunderbolt II. Now you’d […]

Thunderbolt Collection – PS4 Review

August 5, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged console / megadrive / NES / retro / shoot em up / thunderbolt collection / vertically scrolling by Richie

Preventive Strike is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up, from Moldovan one-man developer TocanaDev, which first landed on Steam three years ago but has just been brought to PSN by Polish porters SimFabric. You play as an un-named helicopter pilot who has to get through four levels of surprisingly intense aerial […]

Preventive Strike – PS4 Review

December 11, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 2.5d / helicopter / preventive strike / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

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

We’re not sure where Eastasiasoft are finding all these games but they’ve managed to continue their recent run of quirky shoot ’em ups. Task Force Kampas is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up which has plenty in common with those recent Eastasiasoft releases (Null Drifter, Red Death and Rainbows, Toilets and […]

Task Force Kampas – PS4 Review

May 6, 2020 in PS4 tagged arcade / eastasiasoft / easy platinum / retro / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

There’s something going on with the shoot ’em up genre at the moment. We’ve recently reviewed Project Starship and Red Death. Two vertically scrolling shoot ’em ups with ‘interesting’ visual styles and the longevity of a mayfly. Well, now we’ve got Rainbows, Toilets and Unicorns which shares those traits. So, yes, it’s a vertically-scrolling […]

Rainbows, Toilets and Unicorns – PS4 Review

March 25, 2020 in PS4 tagged easy / meme culture / shoot em up / short / vertically scrolling by Richie

Project Starship is a cheap and cheerful vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up by Panda Indie Studio and it is available now on PSN. It’s a game that gets a lot right but also a few things wrong. The premise of the game is pretty simple, you pick from one of two playable […]

Project Starship – PS4 Review

February 13, 2020 in PS4 tagged arcade / easy platinum / shoot em up / vertically scrolling by Richie

Sisters Royale is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up in the classic arcade style and it comes from Japanese coders Alfa System, their first shoot ’em up since 2005’s Castle of Shikigami 3. That means you can be sure of two things. Firstly, it’s going to be a pretty competent shoot ’em up […]

Sisters Royale – PS4 Review

February 11, 2020 in PS4 tagged arcade / japanese / shoot em up / sisters royale / vertically scrolling by Richie

Shoot ’em up fans are well-catered for on Sony’s store and Iro Hero, a vertically scrolling shooter from Spanish devs Artax Games, is the latest addition to the genre. It sets up the story with some screens that explain that humanity is being exploited by aliens who want to us as […]

Iro Hero – PS4 Review

December 22, 2019 in PS4 tagged easy trophies / ikaruga / shoot em up / shooter / space / vertically scrolling by Richie