Genre
shoot 'em up 1990-2002 /62 titles
62 titles#10 Rank by number of titles (of 129)3,500 yen Median price23 points Median Famitsu scoreAbout this genre A record of the titles in this genre only.
Titles 62 titles Period 1990-2002 Formats GB / GBC Main genre shoot 'em up Median price 3,500 yen Median Famitsu score 23 points Share released in Japan
56%
Share released overseas
65%
Share with a known price
52%
Share with a known score
18%
Titles per year Covers the 62 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99 00 01 02 17 Which publishers released them Breakdown of the 69 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.
Which developers made them Breakdown of the 69 titles with a known developer.
4 Beam Software 4% 3 titles
5 Bits Studios 4% 3 titles
6 The Code Monkeys 4% 3 titles
Where they were released 1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.
1 Japan 35 titles
2 North America 40 titles
3 Europe 40 titles
35 titles 27 titles
How much they sold and what they cost Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.
1,200,000titles
The best-selling title, "Solarstriker ". Only 2 titles have known sales figures.
Launch price (median)
3,500 yen
32 titles have a known price
1 2,000 yen range 1 titles
2 3,000 yen range 30 titles
3 4,000 yen range 1 titles
Famitsu score Out of 40. Across the 11 titles with a known score, the median was 23.
Titles in this group (all 62) Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.
1990-01-26 / shoot 'em up/ 2,600 yen / Famitsu 23 /
Nintendo 1990-03-30 / shoot 'em up/ 3,000 yen / Famitsu 19 /
Taito 1990-03-16 / shoot 'em up/ 3,300 yen / Famitsu 26 /
Konami 1990-10-12 / shoot 'em up/ 3,500 yen / Famitsu 25 /
Konami 1990-04-27 / shoot 'em up/ 3,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /
Meldac 1991-08-09 / shoot 'em up/ 3,000 yen / Famitsu 24 /
Nova 1991-11-15 / shoot 'em up/ Famitsu 23 /
Quest 1992-12-18 / shoot 'em up/ 3,500 yen / Famitsu 22 /
T&E Soft 1990-12-21 / shoot 'em up/ 3,400 yen / Famitsu 19 /
Jaleco 1991-12-20 / shoot 'em up/ 3,800 yen / Famitsu 19 /
Irem 2000-02-24 / shoot 'em up/ 3,980 yen / Famitsu 17 /
Sunsoft 1990-02-23 / shoot 'em up/ 3,500 yen /
Konami 1990-03-16 / shoot 'em up/ 3,600 yen /
Taito 1990-06-08 / shoot 'em up/ 3,500 yen /
Atlus 1991-03-01 / shoot 'em up/ 3,500 yen /
Epoch Co. 1991-03-01 / shoot 'em up/ 3,500 yen /
Epic/Sony 1991-03-19 / shoot 'em up/ 3,600 yen /
Irem 1991-04-05 / shoot 'em up /
Konami 1991-06-28 / shoot 'em up/ 3,300 yen /
Vic Tokai 1991-07-12 / shoot 'em up/ 3,900 yen /
IGS 1991-08-09 / shoot 'em up/ 3,800 yen /
Konami 1991-12-13 / shoot 'em up/ 3,600 yen /
Taito 1992-07-31 / shoot 'em up/ 4,800 yen /
Yanoman 1992-12-11 / shoot 'em up/ 3,800 yen /
Irem 1995-07-14 / shoot 'em up/ 3,800 yen /
Namco 1999-07-23 / shoot 'em up/ 3,980 yen /
KID 1999-11-12 / shoot 'em up/ 3,980 yen /
Irem 2000-09-29 / shoot 'em up/ 3,980 yen /
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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