Known as the game that pioneered the shmup genre, Taito’s Space Invaders first made its debut in arcades back in 1978. Due to the game’s popularity with arcade patrons, Space Invaders was eventually released on the Atari 2600 in March of 1980 to much fanfare. The history of this IP is legendary, as it went on to appear in Taito Legends (i.e. Playstation 2, Xbox and PC) and on to other platform... more.

Developed by Bulwark Studios and published by Kasedo Games, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is a turn-based strategy RPG that uses a Visual Novel-like presentation to convey its story.  As the game’s main protagonist, the player is given control over various ‘Adeptus Mechanicus’ units, including  tech-priests and standard military grunts (all of which have varying degrees of skills). ... more.

The Takeover by developer Pelikan13 is a 2.5D side-scrolling beat ‘em up that pays homage to games like Tecomo’s Double Dragon, Capcom’s Final Fight and Sega’s Streets of Rage series. As one of three street brawlers, the player is tasked with cleaning up the streets of Steel Haven; a city rife with crime and gang activity. In addition, police officer Ethan Rivers and his girlfriend’s dau... more.

Developed by Panda Indie Studio, Null Drifter is a twin-stick 1D Roguelite  shooter that aesthetically resembles a classic Amstrad CPC or ZX Spectrum release. The entire presentation is basic, as is the story - being the ultimate space fighter pilot, the player must help Project Starship defeat the awakened forces of the Void. The evil that occupies the game is comprised of enemy spaceships, ... more.

Game developer Taito is known for its inherently long list of arcade titles, including iconic games such as the side-scrolling, hack ‘n slasher Rastan and the obscure laserdisc adventure game Time Gal (i.e. a game that played very much like Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair). Taito would continue to develop a wide variety of coin-ops to appease arcade-goers, but it wasn’t until the release of Dari... more.

What do you get when you mix a bullet hell shmup -- or shoot 'em up, for all you shooter noobs out there -- with a kind-of-cheesy narrative of a story involving 5 sisters who are out to win an angel's heart? You get this lighthearted shooter from developer Alfa System Co., Ltd. (of "Castle Shikigami" fame) and publisher Chorus Worldwide Games. In SR: SUF, the premise of the game is that these f... more.

Developed by Atlus, Persona 5: Royal is a turned-based JRPG that sees the player in the role of a voiceless protagonist, who is destined to become the elusive Persona user, Joker. After being expelled from school for intervening in a crime where an inebriated man attacks a woman, Joker is sent to Tokyo to live with family friend Sojiro Sakura; a staunch business man who operates a semi-popular res... more.

Developed by Hucast and released for the Sega Dreamcast back in 2015, Ghostblade HD is a 2D top-down Bullet-Hell shooter that replicates the knuckle-whitening action of most Cave shooters. Every level is packed full of enemies; large, colorful explosions; and giant, end level bosses, who occupy a good portion of the screen. Ghostblade HD for Nintendo Switch is essentially the same game as the Drea... more.

Since its debut, the Nintendo Switch has become the ‘go-to’ console for everything retro. Within the past couple of years, Nintendo’s ‘portable’ console has played host to a myriad of classic first-person shooters, 2D arcade games, and retro collections that cover a wide range of genres. And this doesn’t include the release of remastered titles like the Bioshock Collection and Red Fact... more.

Developed by Masaya Games, the Langrisser series is a timeless collection of tactical, turned-based JRPGs that have appeared on just about every computer and console system imaginable, including the NEC PC-8801 and MSX (among others).  The recent Nintendo Switch release (known only as Langrisser I & II) contains remastered versions of the first two games from the iconic - and very popular... more.