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Famicom Analysisvertically scrolling shooter
Genre

vertically scrolling shooter

1986-1992 /6 titles

About this genre

A record of the titles in this genre only.

Titles
6 titles
Period
1986-1992
Formats
FC / NES
Main genre
vertically scrolling shooter
Median price
5,800 yen
Median Famitsu score
22 points
Titles
6
Share released in Japan
100%
Share released overseas
67%
Share with a known price
83%
Share with a known score
33%

Titles per year

Covers the 6 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.

86878991922

Which publishers released them

Breakdown of the 7 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 6 titles with a known developer.

Micronics2 titlesNMK1 titlesSoftware…1 titlesVisco Co…1 titlesIrem1 titles
1Micronics33%2 titles
2NMK17%1 titles
3Software Creations17%1 titles
4Visco Corporation17%1 titles
5Irem17%1 titles

Where they were released

1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.

1Japan6 titles
2North America4 titles
3Europe1 titles
Released in Japan too6 titlesOverseas only0 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.

No titles here have known sales figures.

Launch price (median)
5,800 yen
5 titles have a known price
14,000 yen range2 titles
25,000 yen range2 titles
36,000 yen range1 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 2 titles with a known score, the median was 22.

1 titles
1 titles
15s
20s

Titles in this group (all 6)

Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.

Game titleTwin Cobra
1989-08-04 / vertically scrolling shooter/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 22 /CBS/Sony Group Inc.
Game titleTwin Eagle
1991-04-12 / vertically scrolling shooter/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 18 /Visco Corporation
Game titleArgus
1986-04-17 / shoot 'em up/ 4,900 yen /Jaleco
Game titleTiger-Heli
1986-12-05 / vertically scrolling shooter/ 4,900 yen /Pony Canyon
Game titleSky Shark
1987-03-06 / vertically scrolling shooter / Taito
1992-01-11 / vertically scrolling shooter/ 6,800 yen /Irem

Related terms

Links to related pages.

Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
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