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Gamest Best Shooting Award 1988

Reader-voted Best Shooting ranking from Gamest magazine, 1988 (edition 2). Vote counts as published. Via the Japanese Wikipedia article on the Gamest Awards, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Gamest (via ja.wikipedia)

9 games

Gradius II cover art
1 427 votes
Gradius II 1988 Konami
Forgotten Worlds cover art
2 108 votes
Forgotten Worlds 1988 Capcom Horizontal
Ordyne cover art
3 100 votes
Ordyne 1988 Namco Horizontal
Twin Cobra cover art
4 62 votes
Twin Cobra 1987 Toaplan Vertical
Ajax cover art
5 44 votes
Ajax 1987 Konami Vertical
Sky Soldiers cover art
6 24 votes
Sky Soldiers 1988 SNK Vertical
Assault cover art
7 19 votes
Assault 1988 Namco
Rabbit Punch cover art
8 13 votes
Rabbit Punch 1987 Video System Horizontal
Sonic Boom cover art
9 13 votes
Sonic Boom 1987 Sega Enterprises, Ltd. Vertical

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