Underplayed Gems

Grind Stormer (1992)

Grind Stormer cover
Developer
Toaplan
Publisher
Tengen
Platforms
Arcade, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Genres
Shooter, Arcade
Rating
2.9 of 5, 6 player ratings

How it feels

Pilot a space fighter through waves of enemies in this vertically scrolling arcade shooter with a game-within-a-game twist.

shoot 'em uparcade-stylefast-pacedsci-fiverticalintenseretro

About

"Grind Stormer" is a 1993 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Toaplan in Japan and North America. It is considered to be the spiritual successor to Slap Fight. Based around a video game within a video game concept, players assume the role of a young secret agent assigned by the government taking control of the NA-00 space fighter craft in an attempt to defeat the titular virtual reality simulator, rescue the abducted players who lost against it and unveil its true purpose.

Screenshots

Grind Stormer screenshot 1

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