links

 

Shooting Sites
BLAZING LASERS/.some really good play through guides accompanied with videos here CLICK-STICK/. great site for all things Japanese and shmuppy DESTROY ALL MONSTERS/. great site with cover scans and stuff

 

 DODGE THE BULLET/.realise that as good as you think you are at games, you're not, and this guy is better

 

 ECKY CHAP/.lots of good retro stuff in here and some huge replay videos. great stuff

FEATHEREDWINGS.NET/. some great replays on this site.

 PEACEFUL DEATH/.a lovely collection of info, downloads and artwork from some fantastic shmups. PLASMA BLOSSOM/.if you want to know about crazy shooting games, this site is the shiz. run by a top bloke who really knows his shit when it comes to shooters.

 

 SHMUPS/.fantastic shooter site with the best shooting forum ever SHOOT THE CORE/.nice little site with some shooter news, articles and fan art
 
SYMPHONY OF BULLETS/. another resource for shmup videos and techniques

 

 THE CAVE OF SHOOTING/. fantastic Cave fansite TOAPLAN.COM/.a fantastic source of information for all things Toaplan WORLD OF ARCADES/.great tribute to Raizing,Psikyo and Cave shmups VIC VIPER/.for the Gradius completist

Game Shops
GENKI VIDEO GAMES/.nice selection of import stuff across many of the great consoles and pretty decent prices too. not used them yet but it's only a matter of time......

 

 KILLERCABS/.a nicer and more friendly bunch you couldn't hope to meet. these guys import some beautiful cabs from japan that otherwise you wouldn't have a hope of ever laying your hands on. really helpful and extremely knowledgeable. if you want a cab, forget ebay and all the others, go to these guys. LIK-SANG/.never actually used them myself but they are very highly regarded and have shit loads of cool stuff. based in hong Kong, so you could get stung for import duty RAVEN GAMES/.never used the mail order service but have been to the shop and the owner is a cool guy. lots of nice retro and new stuff. bit pricey though

 

 VGI/.without doubt the greatest gaming shop in the UK. can be pricey but Lee (the owner) is a great guy and the stuff he sells is absolutely mint. lots of retro and hard to find stuff, including hardware
YAMATOKU/.great ebayer, now has an online store

 

Game Sites
INSERT CREDIT/.excellent game news site, including all kinds of weird Japanese stuff

 

 MAGIC BOX/.lots of good stuff here ARCADEFEVER.NET/.great site covering all things arcadey.

Forums
KILLERCABS FORUM/.best forum. EVER. fairly small user base, but completely devoid of assholes. completely friendly, totally supportive and just a great place to be on the net.

 

 MESHUGGAH FORUM/.forum for the best band in the world (Meshuggah) VGI FORUM/.forum for the shop site above, worth a look if you fancy something different

Music Sites
ALAN HOLDSWORTH/.best guitarist EVER EXPLODER/.most brutal thing to come out of the UK FROG/.best unsigned band in the world EVER (co-incidentally, they happen to be my band) MESHUGGAH/.best band in the world. no arguing OZRIC TENTACLES/.nearly as good as meshuggah but not quite

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