June 2019 – Classic-Games.net

June 28, 2019 No Responses

Gungrave

Developer: Red Entertainment Publisher: Sega Release: 09/17/02 Genre: Action I think it’s safe to say that Devil May Cry lit a fire under the 3d action game genre like never before. And honestly, thank god. The transition from 2d to...

June 26, 2019 No Responses

Star Fox Assault

Developer: Namco Publisher: Nintendo Released: 02/14/05 Genre: Rail Shooter Star Fox Assault should have been one of the easiest home runs possible. Star Fox 64 remains one of the best rail shooters of all time. And with Namco and the.....

June 24, 2019 2 Responses

Ikaruga

Developer: Treasure Publisher: Atari Released: 04/14/03 Genre: Shooter I’ve always admired developer Treasure’s ability to inject new mechanics into well-worn genres. Guardian Heroes was the natural evolution of the beat em up with ...

June 21, 2019 No Responses

Star Wars – Shadows of the Empire

Developer: Lucas Arts Publisher: Nintendo Release: 12/2/96 Genre: Action It is hard to express just how big of a deal Shadows of the Empire was back in 1996. Even though we were years removed from the original trilogy...

June 19, 2019 one Response

Klonoa – Door to Phantomile

During the 8 and 16-bit era I’ll admit I did not think too much of Namco. Not that they weren’t putting out good games, but compared to Capcom and Konami they were low on my priority list. All that changed...

June 17, 2019 No Responses

Astal

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 09/27/95 Genre: Platformer Heading into the 32-bit generation the future looked bright. The 2d platformer was near perfect, with some of the best games of all time released at the tail end of the...

June 14, 2019 one Response

Melfand Stories

Developer: Sting Publisher: Ascii Release: 03/25/94 Genre: Beat em up The Super Famicom library never ceases to amaze me. Even now, decades after its last release, I am still discovering plenty of hidden gems in its lineup....

June 12, 2019 No Responses

Fantasia

Developer: Infogrames Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Platformer Sega’s Disney licensed games for the Genesis were fantastic. They were so good in fact that I almost wish they would return to publishing licensed games again. There were a ...

June 10, 2019 No Responses

Seirei Senshi Spriggan

Developer: Compile Publishr: Naxat Soft Released: 07/19/91 Genre: Shooter In the US the Turbo Grafx-16 had a limited library. While it had a few titles in every genre no one could deny that it had an abundance...

June 7, 2019 4 Responses

Snow Bros

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Capcom Release: 1991 Genre: Action For as much as I like to think I have an open mind with video games I must confess, I’ve made my share of bad assumptions. When I saw Snow...

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