Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.
Gradius III is a shmup (shoot-em-up) developed by Konami, originally for arcades and later, for the SNES. It was a US Super Nintendo launch released in August of 1991.
Considered by many to be one of the hardest games of all … [ Read More... ]
If you’re a fan of the classic arcade games, then we’ve got some good news for you. Llamasoft is developing a brand new game that will serve as a follow up to the Atari Jaguar classic, Tempest 2000 (T2K). The title? TxK.
Llamasoft is developing TxK for the Playstation Vita with the original designer of Tempest 2000. The latest game will utilize the PS Vita to … [ Read More... ]
Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.
Hyper Zone is rail shooter developed by HAL Laboratory. It was released for the Super Nintendo in 1991. Although it’s considered a shallow derivative title, I came to appreciate it thanks to an old friend.
To the average Nintendo gamer, Hyper Zone… [ Read More... ]
Suda 51 and his company Grasshopper Manufacture collaborated with Level 5 on Liberation Maiden. It’s a fast paced 3D shoot’em up originally released on the Nintendo 3DS and now on the iOS, including iPhone and iPad. Having played a few levels of Liberation Maiden, I am confident to say it’s a really good conversion and moreover, it’s a really good game. Especially for the iOS; … [ Read More... ]