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Gamest Best Shooting Award 1990

Reader-voted Best Shooting ranking from Gamest magazine, 1990 (edition 4). 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

Parodius da!: Shinwa kara Owarai he cover art
1 257 votes
Parodius da!: Shinwa kara Owarai he 1990 Konami Horizontal
Raiden cover art
2 131 votes
Raiden 1990 Seibu Kaihatsu Vertical
Gradius III cover art
3 113 votes
Gradius III 1989 Konami Horizontal
Air Buster cover art
4 60 votes
Air Buster 1990 Kaneko
1941: Counter Attack cover art
5 42 votes
1941: Counter Attack 1990 Capcom Vertical, Danmaku
Vapor Trail cover art
6 40 votes
Vapor Trail 1989 Data East Vertical
Lightning Fighters cover art
7 37 votes
Lightning Fighters 1990 Konami Vertical
Gigandes cover art
8 31 votes
Gigandes 1989 East Technology Horizontal
Fire Shark cover art
9 31 votes
Fire Shark 1989 Toaplan Vertical

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