August 2019 – Classic-Games.net

August 30, 2019 No Responses

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn

Developer: Ukiyotei Publisher: Acclaim Release: 10/95 Genre: Beat em up In the mid-90s Spawn was one of the most popular comics on the market. It consistently ranked among the top10 Diamond Comics best sellers list for years. In my opinion...

August 28, 2019 one Response

Thunder Force II

Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Sega Release: 09/89 Genre: Shooter I remember the Sega Genesis launch fondly but will admit to viewing it through rose tinted glasses. Of the six or seven launch titles only two of them have really held...

August 26, 2019 2 Responses

Iron Tank

Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release: 07/88 Genre: Action I was not a fan of the NES port of Ikari Warriors. It was a Micronics hack job that was so awful that I nearly wrote off the series. However the one...

August 23, 2019 No Responses

Super Chase HQ

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 1993 Genre: Racing As much as I wanted to like the Chase H.Q. games they were a bit too simple for my tastes. “Outrun except you smash cars too” works great in the arcade. But...

August 21, 2019 No Responses

DJ Boy

Developer: Kaneko Publisher: American Sammy Release: 04/90 Genre: Beat em up One of the aspects of reviewing retro games everyone deals with is recognizing when a game you previously liked was not good to begin with. I loved DJ Boy...

August 19, 2019 one Response

A Boy & His Blob

Developer: Imagineering Publisher: Absolute Entertainment Release: 01/90 Genre: Action The NES library has its highs and lows. Many genres that are still around today were created on that little gray box. But it was also home to shovelware...

August 16, 2019 No Responses

Demon’s Crest

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 11/94 Genre: Action In spite of their crushing difficulty I love the Ghosts ‘n Goblins series. But the series does have a deep, dark, secret. The best games in the series have nothing to do...

August 14, 2019 2 Responses

Mega Turrican

Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: Data East Release: 07/07/94 Genre: Action I was not fond of Turrican. I get that it is a European classic but man, that game’s flaws were too much for me to handle. So it is ironic...

August 12, 2019 one Response

Robocop

When I look back on my childhood I still can’t believe I was allowed to watch R-rated movies like Predator and the Running Man in the theater. I guess no one cared about the children in the 80s as we...

August 9, 2019 No Responses

Side Arms

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Radiance Release: 12/89 Genre: Shooter I will always have a soft spot for Side Arms. Anyone that had one during its time will remember how lonely it was to be a Turbo Grafx fan....

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