Character Shooters
There's nothing quite like a sunny afternoon spent running and jumping around, blasting baddies to kingdom come whilst dodging bullets, rockets and whatever else is chucked at you. All the better if you can do it from the safety from your own arm chaire. Here are the very best of that genre.
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Atic Atac
The quickest and easiest way of describing AticAtac is MENTAL, that's too cheap and easy to sit as a review but remember that word always when reading this because it applies more than any other. More...
Bionic Commando
He flys through the air with the greatest of ease, beating Spiderman at his own game. More...
Centipede
A colourful and more frenetic progression from Space Invaders which proved games could have a cross-gender appeal. More...
Gauntlet
Gauntlet was one of Atari's greatest hits, even managing to succeed during the drop in demand for arcade games that occurred in the mid 80s. Your gang has to traverse the multitude of mazes, collecting potions, food and treasure whilst killing off the baddies that lurk within the dungeons. More...
Gunstar Heroes
With this game treasure revolutionised the character shooter. They took everything that Turrican had taught us about power-ups and platforms, they added fantastic smooth graphics and well designed characters and then somehow managed to put more sprites on screen at once than was ever thought possible. More...
Mega Man 3
Mega Man is a platform shooter with a twist; when Mega Man defeats his enemies he gains their powers. With this in mind you are sent out to defeat a collection of Master crooks each with a special power and an appropriate name to go with it e.g Spark Man, Snake Man, Needle Man. More...
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle
Aggressive, highly animated blonde, GSOH seeks player for exotic action and carnage. More...
Robotron: 2084
Amongst old-school gamers, Robotron usually comes top of the list of All Time Great Arcade Machines. The game originated from the same team that designed the sublime Defender, and where that allowed scrolling screen action, Robotron drops you back onto a single screen, confined and surrounded by TONS of baddies. More...
Stop the Express
A thrilling, train-top running landmark game, years ahead of its time. More...
Turrican
Turrican was huge. Huge in both gameplay and sales. It populated almost every platform of the time, both computer and console, and it produced many sequels. It's not hard to see why it was so popular, it was completely different to everything else in it's genre. More...
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