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Grind Stormer

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First release
Dec 1992
Developer
Toaplan
Publisher
Tengen
Genres
Shooter, Arcade · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade

"Grind Stormer" is a 1993 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Toaplan in Japan and North America. It is considered to be the spiritual successor to Slap Fight. Based around a video game within a video game concept, players assume the role of a young secret agent assigned by the government taking control of the NA-00 space fighter craft in an attempt to defeat the titular virtual reality simulator, rescue the abducted players who lost against it and unveil its true purpose.

Also known as V・V, V-Five, V-5

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Storyline
The game takes place in the year 2210 where 'the ultimate arcade machine' Grind Stormer/V・V has finally been released. A VR shooting game, Grind Stormer/V・V becomes so addicting that the government assigns a young man to investigate the arcade phenomenon in order to question its true purpose and to perform the impossible: to beat the game.Read more

The game takes place in the year 2210 where 'the ultimate arcade machine' Grind Stormer/V・V has finally been released. A VR shooting game, Grind Stormer/V・V becomes so addicting that the government assigns a young man to investigate the arcade phenomenon in order to question its true purpose and to perform the impossible: to beat the game.

Release dates
Arcade
Dec 1992
Arcade
Mar 1993
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Mar 25, 1994
All 4 release dates
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
1994
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
shoot 'em up, bullet hell, boss fight, vertical scrolling, difficulty level
… All 6, auto-scrolling levels
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Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 3 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 3 Oct 2026