![]() Flame is a short-range but powerful flamethrower-type weapon. Force is the closest to a typical machine gun with a faster fire rate(think Contra). You also choose one of four weapon types – Force, Flame, Chaser, or Lightning. Free fire mode is what I have always preferred as you can run and gun through the levels rather than Fixed fire mode where you have to remain stationary to fire your weapon. When you choose your character you also select which fire mode you want to use – Free or Fixed. You play as either Red or Blue, two siblings in the Gunstar family that has taken up fighting the evil Colonel Red (who does NOT wear red) has set out to acquire four gemstones to resurrect a powerful android – Golden Silver and control the galaxy…you know…the usual stuff. The gameplay is similar to the side scrolling shooters popular at the time, like the Contra or Metal Slug games. Gunstar Heroes was released in September 1993 for the Sega Genesis and was very well received by all the gaming magazines of the time(remember gaming magazines? □). Some of my fondest memories as a kid were playing this on my Genesis and I still dust off my old cartridge and play it from time to time. ![]() ![]() ![]() As someone who grew up loving the many side-scrolling shoot em’ ups released for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis during the golden age of games in the 90’s, Gunstar Heroes may be my absolute favorite. ![]()
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