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Gamest Best Shooting Award 1992

Reader-voted Best Shooting ranking from Gamest magazine, 1992 (edition 6). Vote counts as published. Via the Japanese Wikipedia article on the Gamest Awards, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Gamest (via ja.wikipedia)

10 games

Aero Fighters cover art
1 235 votes
Aero Fighters 1992 Video System Vertical
Xexex cover art
2 155 votes
Xexex 1991 Konami Horizontal
Metal Black cover art
3 97 votes
Metal Black 1991 Taito Horizontal
Choujikuu Yousai Macross cover art
4 81 votes
Choujikuu Yousai Macross 1985 Namco Horizontal
Truxton II cover art
5 76 votes
Truxton II 1992 Toaplan Vertical
Varth: Operation Thunderstorm cover art
6 56 votes
Varth: Operation Thunderstorm 1992 Capcom Vertical
Wolf Fang cover art
7 49 votes
Wolf Fang 1996 Data East
Cosmo Gang the Video cover art
8 46 votes
Cosmo Gang the Video 1992 Namco Fixed screen
Last Resort cover art
9 41 votes
Last Resort 1992 SNK Horizontal
Hacha Mecha Fighter cover art
10 23 votes
Hacha Mecha Fighter 1991 NMK Co. Ltd. Horizontal

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