Category: Rail Shooters

Rail Shooters

The House of the Dead III – Xbox

Nerd Bacon’s resident Croc celebrates the 3rd Baconversary with the third game in the iconic rail shooter series, The House of the Dead III.

Space Harrier – Sega Master System

A fan of the Star Fox series? Take a moment to pay your respects to Space Harrier, one of Sega’s most advanced arcade offerings of the time. Even when ported to the technically limited hardware of the Master System, it still stands out as one of the consoles more distinctive titles.

The Ocean Hunter – Arcade

Doc Croc travels back to 1998 at the dawn of the sixth generation of video game consoles, when arcades were still barely holding on, to review a very special Sega rail shooter-The Ocean Hunter.

Star Fox 64 – Nintendo 64

Star Fox 64 is one of the greatest Rail Shooters ever made. Period. From its intuitive controls, to its realistic voice acting, to its incredible graphics, this is a must play for any gamer. Just be sure you beat the game before turning it off.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles – Wii

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, the 2009 rail shooter, is the follow-up to 2007’s Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Can the “Darkside” improve the formula that made Umbrella Chronicles so good? Or will it fail to live up to the previous game? The answer is one click away!

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles – Wii

Nerd Bacon.com’s Steroid Gamer got to pop-off plenty of undead zombie heads with his review of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, the rail shooter game for the Nintendo Wii.

Star Fox – SNES

Platform: SNES Developer: Nintendo EAD (Programming aid provided by Argonaut Software) Publisher: Nintendo Composer: Hajime Hirosawa Release Date: June 3rd, 1993 Genre:  Rail Shooter Nerd Rating: 9.5 out of 10 Reviewed by: Earthboundmother Star Fox for SNES could quite possibly be one of the moodiest, exciting, cinematic games ever released for the system. Fox turns 21 this upcoming… Continue reading Star Fox – SNES

Burning Soldier – 3DO

Platform: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Developer: Genki, Pack-In-Video Publisher: Matsushita Electric Corporation of America Release Date (NA): 1994 Genre: Rail Shooter Nerd Rating: 6.5 out of 10 Reviewed by Nerdberry Sit down and shut the hell up. We’re about to go on a ride to obscurity. Welcome to Nerd Bacon’s Project Obscure, where we dig up… Continue reading Burning Soldier – 3DO

Kid Icarus: Uprising – 3DS

Tiny angels, big adventures. Does Kid Icarus: Uprising overcome its notorious controls and deliver a great game? Read the Nerdbacon.com review to find out!

Star Fox – SNES

Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Release Date: March 23rd, 1993 Developer: Nintendo EAD (With programming assistance from Argonaut Software) Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Rail Shooter Nerd Rating: 8/10 My family never had a whole lot of money when I was growing up. There were a couple of Christmases where Santa just want able to make it down… Continue reading Star Fox – SNES

Rez HD – Xbox 360 (Arcade)

Rez is a forgotten Sega Dreamcast gem that has been revived and given the HD treatment on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade. Nerd Bacon co-founder Nerdberry reviews it right here at Nerd Bacon!

Top Gun – NES

How many times have you been disappointed by seeing the only NES cart at a flea market booth was Top Gun? Perhaps next time you should pick it up. Or at the very least, read Variand’s review of Top Gun for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

X Rebirth – PC

The idea of an all-immersive, free play space game sounds incredible. X Rebirth give players the choice to follow their own path, but sloppy execution forces no choice but to put down the controller. Bad controls, bad dialogue, and bitter disappointment are all we got.

Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters – Sega Genesis

Lethal Enforcers II puts you in the wild west with a Konami Justifier pistol in your hand… Taking on all the outlaws solo is why you’re so badass!