There are 2 things which are guaranteed to skyrocket my excitement: SNES game remasters and Tengo Project. Not only have they brought back some of […] Read More
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As a long running series, Darius is not a stranger to innovation and formula changes. Even though the basics of the series like giant fish […] Read More
One of my preferred ways of playing games is to play until I achieve full completion. This is quite subjective and has changed considerably over […] Read More
There’s all kind of reasons for shmup enthusiast to be drawn to particular games in the genre. It could be a deep scoring system. Perhaps […] Read More
We’ve gotten many incredible arcade ports in the past, including Darius’ own Arcade Collection. These ports aim to bring in all the look and feel […] Read More
Evo moment 37. That one sequence where Daigo Umehara, playing as Ken in Street Fighter 3, perfectly parries Chun-Li’s super and counters with a winning […] Read More
There’s always been some sort of mysticism from japanese shmups for me. Back then, I would watch videos about super plays on these obscure titles […] Read More
After more than 30 reviews for this list, it is very clear that I love to play shmups. I’m not the most hardcore player and […] Read More
In present times, the term shmup is usually associated with a very specific type of game. I’m talking about having scores in the billions and […] Read More
There’s one thing I’ve noticed throughout all the different entries on this list, and that’s a passion for shmup games. We know our genre is […] Read More