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Volume two of the Psikyo Shooting Collection contains the following arcade shoot 'em up games:

Sengoku Ace, also known as Samurai Aces, is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Psikyo in 1993. It was the first game by Psikyo and was designed by Shin Nakamura, the creator of Aero Fighters (Sonic Wings) and the company's founder.

The science fantasy story of Sengoku Ace resolves around the six Feudal Japan characters sent on a mission to stop an evil cult and rescue the shogun's kidnapped daughter, princess Tsukihime (Moon Princess), before she can be used as a sacrifice to resurrect their demon god. The game features 21 endings, different for various characters and 2-player pairings.

Sengoku Blade: Sengoku Ace Episode II , also known as Tengai, is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up video game released for arcade machines in 1996 by Psikyo as a sequel to the 1993 shooter Sengoku Ace.

Sengoku Blade marked a complete breakout of the Sengoku Ace series from the classic Sonic Wings-style system (the first Sengoku Ace was still scrolled vertically), but this time with a much more complex gameplay system in which the player characters fly around on the screen by themselves instead of piloting various aircraft, in a way similar to the 1997 Psikyo game Sol Divide.[1] Episode II was noticeably harder than its predecessor, and featured much better and for its time stunning 2-D graphics, including impressive parallax scrolling effects and detailed and well-animated characters and backgrounds. On the other hand, its music soundtrack appeared to be a step back from the previous game. Just like the previous game, the sequel features multiple endings, different for various characters, as well as branching paths for the different sets of levels.