Bullet Heaven

I've wanted to make a video about this game for a while, so I figured it'd be the perfect place to pick things up again for the return of the world's longest running shooting game series of all time. Bullet Heaven returns with a look at Astro Ninja Man for the Famicom!

Every single week, Hamster's Arcade Archives drops a new release, and more likely than not, it's a shmup. On Sept. 7, 2023, Allumer and Tecmo's Zing Zing Zip got the ACA treatment, and a new ACA shooter always catches my attention... but does it hold up?

I almost didn't think this was one to cover, but when it became clear that Jail Break was a run-n-gunner, I knew we had to take a peek. I might have regretted it though.

It happens sometimes; some console conversions are a huge disappointment compared to their arcade counterparts. Raiden Trad on SNES is one. And Strike Gunner STG seems to be another... so how does its source material fare..?

Finest Hour talks a big game, so how does it really hold up? In this episode of Bullet Heaven, we're going to figure out if Namco's admittedly cool-looking Run-n-Gunner really fares!

Lightning Strikes Thrice, Thirce! I wasn't sure I needed another version of Raiden III, especially since the last Mikado release with Raiden IV felt a little underwhelming. Let's see what I think of the latest release in the Raiden pantheon!

Old Famicom games by Jaleco have a certain something that I'm sure hits different for different folks. Me? I dig them, despite thier rather... D-list status. Exerion is one such game, so to have a new Exrion game in 2023? Yeah buddy, I'm there!

October was a comparatively light month for ACA Shooting, but what we did end up getting was pretty neat. Let's see what the Arcade Archives had on tap for October, in this episode of Bullet Heaven. Jokes ahoy.

It's super weird that I never got into this game more earnestly when it was released on Xbox 360 as Trouble Witches Neo!, but that's OK, because Trouble Witches Final is the best version of this super approachable bullet hell shoot-em-up, and I've been dying to talk about it for a bit now. Let's get into it!

Yu Suzuki is back to form in the shooting space with an all new Space Harrier-alike that started as a phone game, but made its way to everything else. It's Air Twister, and it's like nothing you've ever heard before in a shooting game.

November's Arcade Archives Shooting games stretched over a period of 11 years when they were originally released, each with vastly different features and some with huge regional differences. Let's get into it in this episode of Bullet Heaven!

Having seen most of the DonPachi series on Bullet Heaven, DoDonPachi DaiOuJou was the clear missing missing link... but no more. The Java Port wasn't enough; now with the release of DoDonPachi DaiOuJou Re: Incarnation on Switch and PS4, we're looking at ALL of DaiOuJou, on this super special (and really expensive) episode of Bullet Heaven!

Tatsujin: the punishing Toaplan classic. Truxton: the Western incarnation made a modern legend. TRUXSUJIN: the ultimate feature for both, on everything!! Presented by Etrem on Bullet Heaven, only on Mudprints.