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Blazing Lazers

Also known as Gunhed (JP)

Developer
Toho
North America 1989 NEC Interchannel
Japan July 7, 1989 Hudson Soft
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Blazing Lazers review HG exclusive

This particular game falls firmly into the "overhead space shooter" genre, and smooth control combined with a fairly intriguing powerup system set it firmly at the top of the heap. It was the fastest shooter — vertical or horizontal — that the world had seen to that point…

Zigfried · January 16, 2004

Blazing Lazers review

Gunhed. It’s quite possibly the coolest name for a vertical shooter ‘starfighter’. Gentlemen, you have to admit it's cool: it has the words 'gun' AND 'hed' in it. And that is only fitting, as this game (known to you and I as Blazing Lazers) is possibly the coolest game the genre…

Marc Golding · January 14, 2004

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