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Another game from the Caltron 6 in 1 collection that got its own individual release. Balloon Monster is essentially an imitation of Pang, also known as Buster Bros. You play as a young lad armed with a harpoon gun, and you have to shoot the huge bubbles bouncing above you. Each time you shoot a … Continue reading “Balloon Monster”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
One day while nobody was looking, Baby Boomer climbed out of his crib and headed into the woods. Little did he realize that while he’s enjoying this adventurous journey into the unknown, there are many dangers awaiting him! Your job is to use your Zapper to protect Baby Boomer and help him find his way … Continue reading “Baby Boomer”
Year: 1989
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
In Auto-Upturn, players are tasked with having to set right a scrambled picture in seven different rounds of play. Pictures are broken up into thirty different squares in a five by six square tile layout. Players control their avatar (it changes depending on the round) and pick up the tiles one at a time and place … Continue reading “Auto Upturn”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Cards / tiles
Alien Syndrome is a scrolling shooter. Your job is to run around and rescue all the captives and make it to the escape hatch before the time bomb explodes. Then face the mother alien at the end of the level.
Year: 1986
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, NES, Sharp X68000, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
After Burner is an aircraft shooter. The goal is simple: use your F-14 Tomcat and shoot as many enemies as you can. This aircraft has two weapons: lock-on missiles and Vulcan cannons (basically machine guns). In some versions there is an option to let the cannons shoot automatically all the time. The game is viewed … Continue reading “After Burner”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Arcade, NES, SEGA Master System
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
In 1992 Caltron released a cartridge called Caltron 6 in 1 which contained 6 original games. Although these six games were only ever available in North America as part of that compilation, a Madrid publisher called Gluk Video released them in Spain as individual titles. Adam & Eve is a take on Balloon Fight and … Continue reading “Adam & Eve”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade
Action 52 features 52 different games in a single cartridge. The games are selected from one of three menus and are mostly side scrolling, platform or shooter action games. The games included are:
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter
Another zapper compilation which gives you a trio of basic shooting galleries. Clown has you shooting bottles out of the sky as a clown tries to juggle them; shotting a certain number lets you play the next stage. The second game is Snake Charmer; although when you choose it the title screen says Gun Fighter … Continue reading “3 in 1 Supergun”
Year: 1993
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Although technically a two-in-one cartridge the two Zapper games on offer here are pretty much the same game with different levels. Game One: Tough Cop has you visiting two different stages to take out a pair of criminals. First is a trip to the jungle to kill Jackson, who’s wanted for killing ten cops. Then … Continue reading “2 In 1 Tough Cop”
Year: 1993
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
This pair of zapper games by Taiwanese developer Sachen are joined by the same premise: the year is 20xx and the most intelligent and sophisticated biotech monsters are attacking. The first game, Cosmocop, is a scrolling light gun game set on the planet Sinik, where you have to save its people from the biotech robot. … Continue reading “2 In 1 Cosmocop”
Year: 1993
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter