DESPITE BEING MADE BY A BRAND-NEW TEAM AND FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR, PANZER DRAGOON DID NOT FEEL LIKE A FIRST FLIGHT. IT SOARED WITH THE CONFIDENCE OF A STUDIO ALREADY IN COMMAND OF ITS VOICE, EXPANDED THE SHOOTER GENRE, AND HINTED AT THE FUTURE CINEMATIC POTENTIAL OF VIDEOGAMES

Sony reveals a bevy of retro-related games

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Alongside rivals Mastertronic, Firebird dominated the 8-bit budget market during the Eighties. As a result, there are plenty of games from the publisher that you may have missed. Retro Gamer takes a look at some of those games across several systems. How many did you play?

Meandering through SHENMUE ’s wonderfully sedate revenge quest

THEY SAY THAT LIGHTNING DOESN’T STRIKE TWICE, YET JUDGING BY THE SUBTITLE TO R-TYPE III, IREM HOPED TO PROVE THAT WRONG AND GO ONE BETTER. JOIN US AS WE REVISIT THE RESPECTED SUPER NINTENDO SHOOTER, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE REIMAGINED VERSION THAT’S LAUNCHING THIS YEAR