The House of the Dead (1996) was alongside Resident Evil (1996) as one of the games that reinvigorated something of a zombie craze in video games. While Resident Evil was a much more nuanced and slower paced horror affair, The House of the Dead was far more bombastic and fast paced game. Resident Evil was a console smash-hit, but Sega’s The House of the Dead was a coin-operated success story…

Have you ever been so angry that you wanted to throw an arcade cabinet at someone?

Metal Slug is a series almost as synonymous with SNK as their stellar fighting game franchises. It’s definitely a game that’s at the forefront of everyone’s mind when they think of arcade run n’ gun shooters. The sequel to such a legandary game would have to be awesome, and thankfully, Metal Slug 2 will blow you away…

1998 saw both NFL Blitz get ported to home consoles, as well the sequel, NFL Blitz ‘99 appearing in arcades, the first sequel in what would become a long running and iconic franchise…

Developed during the same period of time as Capcom’s Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, SNK’s Fatal Fury: King of Fighters released in 1991 as one of the pioneers of the modern fighting game. The series would prove to be a hit for SNK and with fighting game fans, and by 1998 Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers was the seventh game in the franchise, and the third and final game of the Real Bout sub-series.

Marvel vs Capcom is the product of a long line of fantastic fighting titles from Capcom, and simultaneously the genesis for a new series…

It’s very rare you get a video game that reflects the source material as well as Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure does. This game does a heroic job of keeping the style and feel of the original manga, and what’s more, it makes for a damn fine fighting game too. Prepare for the truly bizarre and beautiful world of Jojo…

The SNK Neo Geo MVS arcade board had already become a legendary platform for games, with a lifespan dating back to 1990! The platform had featured series such as Fatal Fury (1991), Samurai Shodown (1993), Metal Slug (1996) and The Last Blade (1997). Perhaps the most successful and most loved of all the Neo Geo series of games however, is The King of Fighters…

After the spectacular success of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) and its various revisions and follow ups (culminating in Super Street Fighter II: Turbo (1994)), the gaming world was eagerly awaiting a Street Fighter III. Somewhat surprisingly, this wouldn’t come to pass for several more years, instead Capcom decided to go back to the past with a prequel series!

When Sega’s AM2 division makes a fighting game, the world would do well to sit up and take notice. After creating the 3D fighting genre with the seminal Virtua Fighter in 1993, many competitors would arrive in this exciting new field of competitive gaming. AM2 themselves would put a new spin on their Virtua Fighter gameplay with 1995’s Fighting Vipers…

Radiant Silvergun is Treasure’s first attempt at a traditional vertical-scrolling shooter. Any concerns that might have been had about Treasure taking on a new genre were quickly dismissed when the game was seen in action and experienced…