Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: The Guide to Shoot-Em-Ups Volume 1

by Kurt Kalata, Chris Rasa, Eric Jonathan Smith

Blast off and check out the first in HG101's line of books on shoot-em-ups! Volume 1 covers over fifty titles from the glory days of the 80s and 90s, by such legendary developers as Compile (Zanac, Aleste / Power Strike, MUSHA, Space Megaforce, The Guardian Legend), Hudson (Star Soldier, Gate of Thunder, Sapphire), Technosoft (Thunder Force, Hyper Duel), Irem (R-Type, X-Multiply, Dragon Breed), Cotton, Rayxanber, and several other individual titles like Recca, Magical Chase, Coryoon, and Gleylancer. Featuring a cover inspired by the works of Naoyuki Kato, who illustrated the Japanese artwork for The Guardian Legend.

Genres: Video Games, Gaming

154 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2016

About the author

Kurt Kalata has been writing about video games for twenty years. In addition to founding retro game website Hardcore Gaming 101 in 2003, he previously started fan sites The Castlevania Dungeon and The Contra HQ. He has also contributed to several other websites, including 1up, Gamasutra, and Siliconera. He has edited and published over fifteen books through the Hardcore Gaming 101 website, including The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures and The 200 Best Video Games of All Time, and has contributed to several other retro themed books, including The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers, Unseen64’s Video Games You’ll Never Play, and The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Video Games. He lives in New Jersey, USA, with his wife, daughter, and two cats.

Reviews

[Alex Montoya · Rating 5 out of 5]

He leído la versión en español, pero es totalmente aplicable:

Excelente libro con un gran trabajo y detalle tras él, con dedicación y amor por los ShootEmUps. Entiendo que haya gente que hubiesen querido Konami, Taito, Capcom, etc, en un primer volumen, pero sin duda yo he preferido descubrir un montón de juegos nuevos.
IMPRESCINDIBLE!!