GRIND Stormer

This Awesome Arcade Shoot-'Em-Up Will Blow You Away!

GRIND STORMER took the arcades by storm. Now, it's going to blow you away on your Genesis! Fly a powerful spaceship against endless waves of alien tanks and ships. Blast everything in sight as you battle your way through action-packed levels of ever more deadly enemies. This arcade smash hit features incredible multi-layer scrolling backgrounds, spectacular graphics, animation and sounds. In other words, it's a mind-blowing adrenaline rush of totally addicting fun! (Taken from the 1993-94 magazine advertisement)

History:

While the arcade game was released on 1 March 1993, the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) port wasn't released until the following year on 25 March 2024 (April in North America). The port had to be developed by Tengen (Atari's North American Console Publisher) due to Toaplan's unfortunate financial insolvency and bankruptcy.

The game is notable in that it was created by the same team that would create DonPachi for Cave years later, including Kenichi Takano and Tsuneki Ikeda. As of 2019, the rights are owned by the Tatsujin, a company of former Toaplan members.

It is considered the prototype of the "bullet-hell" shooter, which feature smaller hitboxes, giant bosses, and excessive projectiles filling the screen.