Hydorah Official Trailer from Locomalito on Vimeo.

Via Locomalito:

If you fought the Bydo and shot the Bacterians in their core, you are ready to battle the evil god Hydorah. Choose the path to follow and fight planet by planet against hordes of meroptians. The game features lots of short and intense levels with fantasy spacial landscapes, unlockable weapons and secrets, and a large library of enemies and bosses. There is a single dificulty level, based on the 80′s standards. It can be very hard, but with every beaten level there will come the glory.

The whole game takes obvious influence from Gradius, Castlevania or R-Type, but also from other classics treated worse by the time: Turrican, Enforcer, Space Manbow, Hellfire, Guardian, Hydefos, Armalyte and many others…

Take the controls of your ship and prepare to die!

Via Locomalito:

                          

Cube Colussus

“Cube Colossus is about two people searching through a massive, cube-shaped fortress in search of a girl. As they travel, they encounter tougher and tougher defenses, all in an effort to keep them from penetrating to the core of the cube.”

                          

Enigmata

Enigmata takes place on a wide screen as you travel vertically through the stage. There are achievements (of course), but unlike most games, these achievements actually count towards something. In this case, as you gain more achievements, you gain access to shops with better equipment.

                          

G-Type

R-Type + Gradius = G-Type! 5 fantastic levels of classic, horizontal shmup action.

                          

Carpe Universum

“Carpe Universum is an intense Shoot ‘em Up (SHMUP) game that features a music driven spawning system.”

“The aim of (this game) is to encourage very dynamic play where the player roams around the entire play field rather than just sticking to the bottom of the screen all the time.”

                          

Shmups for your caffeine-riddled, Red Bull drinking self.

                          

This kid has been raised the right way.

                          

Pre-order NOW! I just did. ^_^

Support shmups, or die in a fire.

(No, that is not an affiliate link. Also, why haven’t you pre-ordered yet?)

                          

War Twat
Insane Enemies – Fight handbags, buses, aliens and more

SYNSO2:Squid Harder
“4 worlds of non stop mayhem!”

bagfullofwrong

                          

Hurry up and head on over to Charlie’s Games where they are offering two indie games, Irukandji and Bullet Candy Perfect for a minimum donation. It’s available for download on Windows, MAC and Linux. Plus, you can pre-order Scoregasm, another game that looks pretty enticing. Support indie shmup developers!

Also, Genetos has finally reached version 1.0! This freeware(!) game takes you through the evolution of the shmup genre from space invaders to bullet hell.

(Thank you Shmuptacular)

Also…

                          

Shoot 1-up

“Each life obtained is automatically added to your arsenal. Have 10 lives? You’ll have 10 ships on screen shooting the hell out of everything. You can have up to 30 ships on screen at a time and play in 2 player co-op. Follow Mommy’s Best Games Twitter account, for potentially free download codes around the release.” (GamerBytes)
Demon’s Souls

Zero Punctuation reviews Demon’s Souls and let’s us know how balls-hard it is.

Pinferno 2

The Spawn of Pinferno was held at Reciprocal NYC

Pics of the event

Video footage!

Arcade Hunters – the Podcast

Arcade-Hunters.com just started their own podcast called, “Gabbin’ with Arcade Hunters.”
NYC Pinball Wiki

The New York City Pinball Wiki is up at nycpinball.info
Here’s hoping that

DeathSmiles
and
Mushihimesama Futari

get USA releases on Xbox 360…

                          

Interview with Captain Kirk – Owner of Castle Video

Nick from Arcade Hunters interviews “Captain Kirk” owner of Castle Video which is home to over 20 top-condition pinball games including the latest STERN games.
New STERN Investor

Stern Pinball Inc has a new investor and partner who hopes to turn the business around and halt the decline in sales over recent years.

Silverball Museum – Pinball Hall of Fame

One man working hard to bring pinball and other classic amusements back to Asbury Park is Rob Ilvento who built his business selling fried chicken under the Cluck-U-Chicken brand and French fries through the Jersey Shore Fries company. (Pinball News)
Michael Jackson, Sonic 3 Urban Legend Confirmed… Maybe
Urban legend confirmed! According to Michael Jackson’s composer, Brad Buxer, the King of Pop arranged the blips and bloops Sonic 3′s OST.

Unless, he didn’t.
Super Mario Bros. Series Unfair to Turtles

Tongue firmly in cheek, University of Pittsburgh student Ben Korman has penned a column decrying the way turtles are portrayed and treated in Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. series of games.
Video Game War =/= Real Life War

“napalmstrikesback” uses his drug high to speak the straight truth about Modern Warfare 2 and other controversial games for nearly 9 minutes. If this is your brain on drugs, then I want what he’s having!
Jersey Pinball Association Gauntlet

We have a winner!

The Onion Sends Up Modern Warfare 2

This will be the realest representation of real war ever!
Dr. Mario with Lyrics

Brentalfloss teams up with DarkV to produce a magnificent parody of Dr. Mario
Pin Wall

“How do you take a normal building face and turn it into something interesting? With Pinwall, of course! This project was designed by Urban Screen who have gone about creating similar projects in the past although this would mark the first time pinball is involved.” (Arcade Heroes)
Until We Win – Super Castlevania IV

SCIV was one of the best games made for the Super Nintendo. “Lordcat” provides a very detailed strategy review on how to beat the game.

The Nostalgia Critic

Reviews 2 of the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series: Adventure of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic SatAM.
Until We Win – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

That fact that he (Lordcat) beat TMNT for the NES is an achievement. This video review is another one. Damn that dam level.
Et tu, Mario?
“Murder, looting, pizza theft, and other hazards of cooperative video-gaming.” (Slate)

A Shmups Documentary
“This is a French documentary from Gameone covering the evolution of the shmup genre.” (YouTube)