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Gamest Best Shooting Award 1989

Reader-voted Best Shooting ranking from Gamest magazine, 1989 (edition 3). 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

U.N. Squadron cover art
1 201 votes
U.N. Squadron 1989 Capcom Horizontal
Darius II cover art
2 172 votes
Darius II 1989 Taito Horizontal
Image Fight cover art
3 153 votes
Image Fight 1988 Irem Vertical
Truxton cover art
4 90 votes
Truxton 1988 Toaplan Vertical
Phelios cover art
5 54 votes
Phelios 1988 Namco Vertical
Plus Alpha cover art
6 46 votes
Plus Alpha 1989 Jaleco Vertical
Thunder Cross cover art
7 37 votes
Thunder Cross 1988 Konami Horizontal
X Multiply cover art
8 31 votes
X Multiply 1989 Irem Horizontal
Metal Hawk cover art
9 30 votes
Metal Hawk 1988 Vertical

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