Blazing Lazers was developed by the same personnel who developed other video game series such as Puyo Puyo and Super Bomberman as well as other games such as Zanac, The Guardian Legend, and DoReMi Fantasy: Milon's DokiDoki Adventure. It was one of the first games released for the TurboGrafx-16 and has received critical praise for its graphical capabilities, lack of slowdown, intense gameplay, and sound.
Blazing Lazers received further praise after it was released on the Virtual Console. Mike Fahey from Kotaku describes the game as the best damn shooter on the TurboGrafx, if not best game overall .[22] Lucas Thomas from IGN referred to the game as superior to other shoot 'em up games such as Super Star Soldier, Gradius III, and the R-Type series. Thomas further asserts that the game had pushed the [TurboGrafx-16] to its limits .[21] Frank Provo from GameSpot also gave positive reviews for Blazing Lazers, saying that the game, despite the plain graphics and aesthetics, compensates with intense gameplay and a ridiculous orgy of firepower . He also lauds the game for its diverse weaponry, lack of graphical slowdown seen in some older console games, and the superior, futuristic audio, which he says has an optimistic quality to it.[20]
Jeremy Parish from the site 1UP.com praised Blazing Lazers, saying that the game is drowned in goodness .[23] Justin Leeper from GameSpy especially praised the game also for its lack of slowdown, stating that prior to 1989 players could only experience the same in arcades. He claimed that the game surpassed any game on the Nintendo Entertainment System at that time. He lauds the smooth scrolling, lush background graphics, and catchy tunes. [24] Kenneth Wesley of the LA Video Game Examiner listed Blazing Lazers as having one of the best video game soundtracks of the 16-bit era, saying that the [game's] soundtrack is just as awesome as the action .[25] Paul Glancey from the UK-based magazine Computer and Video Games gave it a score 96%, praising the gameplay, difficulty, graphics and sound, calling it utterly incredible and stating Anyone on the quest for the ultimate shoot 'em up—this is it! THIS IS IT!! .[19]
A /b/ meme introduced in syntax error 2, featuring a picture of Imperfect Cell from Dragonball Z depicted in blackface shouting either SHOOP DA WHOOP or IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER. A third image features the firing of aforementioned laser. Since the meme's introduction, numerous spinoff images have also been created, featuring various characters wearing blackface while 'chargin' their lazers', or sometimes firing them as well. The firing of said lasers, especially in crowded indoor environments, frequently results in personal injury, Massive damage, and property damage - which, as we all know, is hilarious and should be encouraged among today's hopelessly corrupted youth. Another popular shop is to simply paste Cell's gigantic mouth onto the 'chargee', instantly transforming them into another incarnation of Shoop Da Whoop.
