Gunstar Super Heroes

Developed by Treasure and released in 2005, Gunstar Super Heroes is a high-octane side-scrolling action shooter for the Game Boy Advance and a spiritual successor to the legendary Mega Drive title Gunstar Heroes. Players choose Red or Blue and tear through stages running, jumping, and sliding, switching between fixed-aim and free-directional firing modes on the fly. The game's showpiece is its boss encounters: massive mechanical adversaries with multiple phases and inventive attack patterns. The story draws the returning Four Heavenly Kings into a conspiracy involving the Blue Moon satellite. Squeezing spectacular visual effects from the GBA's hardware, Gunstar Super Heroes stands as one of the finest action games on the platform.