Play Gamera - Gyaos Gekimetsu Sakusen (Japan) Online

Gamera: Gyaos Gekimetsu Sakusen came out for the Super Nintendo in 1995, developed by Toho and published by Angel. It was part of that wave of mid-90s SNES games that tried to capture the feel of arcade-style action, even if it never quite reached the same level of recognition as some of the bigger titles from that era.

You control Gamera, the giant flying turtle, across a series of side-scrolling stages. Your main goal is to defeat the Gyaos monsters and protect the cities they're attacking. You use fireballs to take out enemies from a distance, and you can also fly, smash through buildings, and use a spinning shell attack to clear out groups. The game moves quickly, and the difficulty can spike without much warning. It feels straightforward and a little rough around the edges, but there's a simple satisfaction in tearing through urban landscapes as a kaiju.