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Gamest Best Shooting Award 1997

Reader-voted Best Shooting ranking from Gamest magazine, 1997 (edition 11). Vote counts as published. Via the Japanese Wikipedia article on the Gamest Awards, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Gamest (via ja.wikipedia)

7 games

DoDonPachi cover art
1
DoDonPachi 1997 CAVE Interactive Vertical, Danmaku
G-Darius cover art
2
G-Darius 1997 Taito Horizontal
Twinkle Star Sprites cover art
3
Twinkle Star Sprites 1996 ADK Corporation Vertical
Sol Divide: Sword of Darkness cover art
4
Sol Divide: Sword of Darkness 2018 Psikyo Horizontal
Raiden Fighters cover art
5
Raiden Fighters 1996 Seibu Kaihatsu Vertical
Macross Plus cover art
6
Macross Plus 1997 MOSS Co., Ltd. Vertical
Shienryu cover art
7
Shienryu 1997 Warashi Vertical

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