SHMUP

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Psyvariar 3 (Nintendo Switch 2) Review

Just over a week ago, I came out of playing R-Type Dimensions III fully convinced that would be one of the only shmups of the year. Sure, you could ar...[Read More]

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6.8

Fair

R-Type Dimensions III (Nintendo Switch 2) Review

R-Type is a shoot ’em up (shmup) that is near and dear to my heart as a 90s kid. It competed against the likes of Gradius, Super Mega Force, and...[Read More]

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7.8

Good

R-Type Delta HD Boosted (PS5) Review

The 80s, 90s, and early aughts’ vision of the far future was, for lack of better words, crunchy. While Star Wars had us looking up to the stars in hop...[Read More]

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9

Amazing

Earthion (PC) Review

The SEGA Genesis had a visually distinct audiovisual style; it’s one that remains burned into my memory growing up with it in my living room. Its 16-b...[Read More]

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9.5

Amazing

Mushihimesama (Nintendo Switch)

When I was in high school, I remember coming across a Youtube video of an expert Touhou player surviving what seemed like an impossible boss. I was su...[Read More]

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9.5

Amazing

Ikaruga (Switch)

Ikaruga is forever tied to two things in my mind: Dreamcast and Treasure. The first home console the game made it to was Sega’s Dreamcast, and t...[Read More]

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