Tag: Genre: Run and Gun
Cuphead (PC/Steam)
As this blog has taken shape over the years, I’ve made reference to the fact that the original intent was to gather up game reviews I’d previously written into a single source repository. Any article beginning with a “Review archived from [Date]” citation originally appeared somewhere else. What I’ve never made explicitly clear was that…
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 (Arcade)
Metal Slug is a run-and-gun classic that triple-dips into over-the-top bombast and spectacle at every available opportunity. It’s like if Michael Bay rewrote Contra from the ground up while applying the framework of a slapstick comedy. This is a game absolutely filled to the brim with personality, memorable set pieces, and blazing non-stop action. One…
Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
(Review archived from October 8, 2018) Prior to playing Gunstar Heroes I had only a vague familiarity with Treasure’s back catalog of titles. And while Gunstar Heroes isn’t necessarily representative of the entire Treasure oeuvre, I think it does expose some elements of the ‘Treasure philosophy’ of game design. Gunstar Heroes is a thrill-ride run-n-gun…
Operation C (GB)
(Review archived from August 16, 2018) Conceptualize with me for a moment if you will. Your dear old mother NESsie used to make a wonderful soup. It was a delicious mix of big tasty set pieces floating in a lively broth and garnished with the utmost in crispy control schemes. She called this soup Contra.…
Contra (NES)
(Review archived from July 29, 2015) After finishing Sonic, I started up Contra on a whim, as I hadn’t played it for a while. I had forgotten how short this game is (even by the standards of its time)! Any time spent with Contra is time well spent though. One of the things I love…
