Approximate Release Date: October 15, 1992
Genre: Scrolling shooter
Developer: Athena
Publisher: NTVIC
Good ideas can’t rescue Strike Gunner S.T.G. from poor execution.
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SNES A Day 94: Phalanx
Approximate Release Date: October 1, 1992
Genre: Side-scrolling shooter
Developer: Kemco
Publisher: Kemco
If one were to make an award for best game with the worst box art, Phalanx is the hands-down winner.
SNES A Day 88: Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Approximate Release Date: October 1, 1992
Genre: Shooter
Developer: Visual Concepts
Publisher: Electronic Arts
More than anything, Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf needs a minimap.
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SNES A Day 84: Faceball 2000
Approximate Release Date: September 30, 1992
Genre: First-person shooter
Developer: Xanth Software
Publisher: Bullet Proof Software
When was the last time a video game console launched without at least one first-person shooter available? It took over 13 months before Faceball 2000 was released for the Super Nintendo.
SNES A Day 83: Axelay
Approximate Release Date: September 14, 1992
Genre: Scrolling shooter
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Wow. Axelay is a gorgeous game.
SNES A Day 74: Super Buster Bros.
Approximate Release Month: August 1992
Genre: Shooter
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Even though it is an action game, Super Buster Bros. hits the same pleasure centers in the brain that a good puzzle game does.
SNES A Day 65: Thunder Spirits
Approximate Release Month: June 1992
Genre: Side-scrolling shooter
Developer: Technosoft
Publisher: Seika Corporation
If you expect to get very far in Thunder Spirits by holding down the fire button like in most side-scrolling shooters, you’re not going to have a fun time.
You need to mash the button. For the entire game.