Nintendo 64: Nintendo's troubled super-console is not exactly swamped with 2D shooters. In fact, I'll be very surprised if we get any at all. Disregarding the wonderful Starfox 64 (cos it's no way a 2D shooter), the only likely candidate is Hudson's Star Soldier Vanishing Earth.

How good is the N64's first real shooter then? Let me tell you that I took it back to the shop a day later and you'll probably work it out. A very poor Raystorm clone, it's bitterly disappointing considering its heritage and the platform its on.