It’s funny. Poking around Xbox Live Arcade you’ll find there aren’t a lot of arcade essentials. Like shooters, for instance. There’s a few, but the place seems starved for a lot for the classics and seems made to suffer with the limited stock it has for what appears to be an eternity.
At this rate, things are looking up in this regard for the Indie Market. Like WAY UP.
The Sega Saturn was home to a ton of brilliant shoot 'em up games. Let Retroheadz pilot you through the best Saturn shmups to add to look out for.
Yuzo Koshiro, the legendary music maker of the Streets of Rage series is returning to his and Ancient Corps. Megadrive roots with a brand new shoot 'em up called Earthion.
I've been following this project and it's looking better and better. Plus it has his music so you know it will sound good too.
A heck of a shooter for the price. Just prepare for a challenge.
