![]() ![]() Really handy when the screen starts to fill with enemies. With a nice gimmick where, at the touch of a button, you can change the direction that you are facing. A really interesting multi-directional shooter where enemies come from all sides. And yes, it really is ‘effing difficult, even on the easiest setting. A fairly apt descriptive I guess… Even if Dark Souls was much easier than Ghosts ‘n Goblins. This really is some tip-top platforming-shooter action. ![]() Speaking of hard, this is often described as being our generation’s Dark Souls. It’s another classic shooter and one that was always a very tough challenge. I think this may have been the first-ever Capcom game I ever played in the arcade. It doesn’t have most of the features and refinements of later games in the franchise, but 1942 is still a very playable shoot ’em up regardless.Ĭommando (1985). The first in the long-running `194X games, and there are more to come in this collection too. Simple stuff, but pretty good, simple fun.ġ942 (1984). Clear the screen of all the pirates, move onto the next stage. Imagine if Pac-Man and Bomberman had a baby, you’d get Pirate Ship Higemaru. Playing as a deckhand, you pick up and throw barrels at attacking pirates. For an early shooter, it’s pretty average. No actual weapon upgrades or anything like that. There’s no ending and you just keep going for a high score until your lives run out. This one is really rather simple compared to other similar shoot ’em ups. With thirty-two games to cover, I had better crack on. There’s a lot to cover here and I’ll be going through all the games in chronological order (which I’ve not previously looked at, so doing this blind) and as there are so many, I’ll just gloss over each one. And I’m going to go through all thirty-two games to review this pretty impressive collection, as well as take a look at the overall bundle and see just how well put together it all is. I’ve been given a review code for Capcom Arcade Stadium, a collection of classic Capcom games from the arcades… A total of thirty-two Capcom arcade titles in one amazing package. I gave an advanced copy to my friend Badger over at and he not only wrote the first-ever review of my book ( you can read it here), he also invited me to take part in an interview and chat about the book in more detail. ![]() So many interesting titbits and stories are told, to the point where even the most informed of gamer will learn something they never knew (I learned loads researching and writing this book myself). Each of the games gets its own chapter and each chapter is full of behind the scenes info and even words from the very people who made the games. I handpick 66 games that I feel have been important to the gaming industry, or have made some kind of impact on my life. Then my new book, 66 Of The Most Important Video Games Ever! (According To Me), will blow your socks off.Ĭovering almost fifty years of gaming, from the dawn of the industry, right up to modern-day. ![]() If you read my previous gaming book, MicroBrits: A Tapestry Of The British Gaming Industry, where I took you, the reader, on a journey through the British gaming industry and its many interconnecting stories. I do love a good gaming book, so much so that I wrote one myself. ![]()
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