Genre Guides

If there’s an old-school genre that you want to learn about or just dig into further, the Racketboy Genre Guides are you best resource

Platformers

• Platforming Games 101: Running, Jumping, & More
• The Best Sega Genesis Action Platformers

Shmups (2D Shooters)

• Shmups 101: A Beginner’s Guide to 2D Shooters
• The Best Beginner Shmups to Get You Started 
• Games That Defined the Shmup Genre
• The Best Undiscovered Shmups
• The Odyssey 2 Shooters Library
• The Commodore Amiga Shooter Library Essentials
• The TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Shmups Library
• The Sega Genesis / MegaDrive Shmups Library
• The Super Nintendo / Super Famicom Shmups Library
• The Sony Playstation (PS1) Shmups Library
• The Sega Saturn Shmups Library
• The Sega Dreamcast Shmups Library
• The Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) Shmups Library
• The Nintendo Gamecube Shmups Library
• The Nintendo Game Boy Advance Shmups Library

Fighters

• Fighters 101: All You Need to Know to Battle
• Games The Defined The Fighting Game Genre
• The Best Undiscovered 2D Fighting Games
• The Sega Dreamcast 2D Fighting Library
• The Sega Saturn 2D Fighting Library
• The Microsoft XBox 2D Fighting Library
• The N64 Fighting Library
• The Super Nintendo (SNES) Fighting Library

Beatemups

• Beatemups 101: All You Need to Know about Brawlers

RPGs

• The Sega Genesis / Megadrive RPG Library Pt 1, Pt 2
• The Sega CD / Mega CD RPG Library
• The Super Nintendo (SNES) RPG Library
• The Best of the Playstation (PS1) RPG Library

Survival Horror

• Survival Horror 101: A Begginer’s Guide
• Survival Horror Games And Franchises That Defined the Genre
• The Sony PlayStation (PS1) Survival Horror Library
• The Sega Dreamcast Survival Horror Library
• The Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) Survival Horror Library

First Person Shooters (FPS)

• The Super Nintendo (SNES) Light Games and First Person Shooters
• The Nintendo 64 (N64) FPS Library

Light Gun / Rail Shooters

• The Super Nintendo (SNES) Light Games and First Person Shooters
• The Nintendo Wii Rail Shooters Library

Music/Rhythm Games

• Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) Home Beginner’s Guide