Reborn: The Complete Book of Immortal Shooting Games Vol. 2
甦る不滅のシューティングゲーム大全
Volume of a four-part shmup encyclopedia; this one covers 1984-1987.
ABOUT
The second volume of Mediapal's four-part shooting game encyclopedia, released in March 2023 and covering 1984 to 1987, the years in which the genre found its classic shape. Across 160 full-colour pages it documents more than 130 games with screenshots, tracing the shift from the single-screen formats that dominated the early 1980s to vertically and horizontally scrolling designs, and the arrival of the flamboyant power-up systems and screen-clearing bombs that became fixtures of the genre.
The era it covers is the genre's most consequential: Star Force, Gradius, Fantasy Zone, Darius, R-Type and Twin Cobra all appear here, games that defined the vocabulary every later shmup works in or against. Alongside the arcade landmarks the volume gives space to home console releases and to Japanese PC shooters that have rarely been written about elsewhere, which is its main claim on a collector's shelf.
CONTENTS
- Shooting games 1984-1987, more than 130 titles with screenshots
- The shift from single-screen to scrolling design
- Power-up systems and bombs as genre fixtures
- Star Force, Gradius, Fantasy Zone, Darius, R-Type, Twin Cobra
- Rarely covered Japanese PC shooters
DESCRIPTION
The second volume of this retro shooting-game reference, covering more than 130 shooting games released between 1984 and 1987. 160 pages in full colour, with screenshots throughout. It shows how the single-screen games that dominated the early 1980s gave way to vertically and horizontally scrolling titles, and how play changed with them. Flamboyant power-ups and high-powered bombs became popular, and this volume focuses on the years when arcades and home consoles were at their liveliest. Star Force, Gradius, Fantasy Zone, Darius, R-TYPE and Twin Cobra are among the era-defining titles covered. A number of PC games that have rarely been discussed elsewhere are also included.
レトロシューティングゲーム解説書の第2弾。1984年から87年までに発売されたシューティングゲーム130作品以上を掲載。160ページオールカラーで、美しい画面写真と共に懐かしい記憶が甦る!80年代前半のメインであった固定画面作品から、縦・横などへのスクロール作品へと主流が移り、ゲーム性が大きく変化していった時代の流れが手に取るように分かる。ド派手なパワーアップや大威力のボンバー搭載作品も人気となり、ゲームセンターや家庭用ハードが大いに盛り上がっていた時代に焦点を当てます。『スターフォース』『グラディウス』『ファンタジーゾーン』『ダライアス』『R-TYPE』『究極タイガー』などなど、時代を代表する名作が令和の時代に甦ります!これまであまり触れられてこなかったPC向け作品も多数掲載し、まさに永久保存版の一冊になっています。
Translated by this site from the publisher's Japanese blurb.
GAMES IN THIS BOOK
DETAILS
WHERE TO GET IT
￥2,200 on the listingSearched by ISBN, so a shop that has this exact edition will show it and one that does not will come back empty. Most of these were printed in Japan and never distributed elsewhere.
