Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

Developer: NEC Avenue     Publisher: NEC Avenue     Released: 01/27/90     Genre: Platformer The Turbo Grafx-16, much like the Genesis, was home to many arcade ports. Many of these were arcade perfect or close. But by 1991 the system was...
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Guerilla War

Guerilla War

Developer: SNK     Publisher: SNK     Released:1989     Genre: Action SNK had a strange fascination with war games in the 80s. From Ikari Warriors to P.O.W. and Iron Tank the theme was pretty consistent. More than likely they were simply leveraging ...
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1942

1942

Developer: Micronics     Publisher: Capcom     Released: 1986     Genre: Shooter Capcom are one of the few third parties that have long lasting hits in nearly every genre. For platformers you have Mega Man. For fighting games you have Street Fighte...
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Earnest Evans

Earnest Evans

Developer: Wolf Team     Publisher: Renovation     Released: 1992     Genre: Action Earnest Evans is a bad game that you should avoid at all costs. Yet even though I acknowledge this is not a good game, why does it make me...
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Metal Mech

Metal Mech

Developer: Sculptured Software    Publisher: Jaleco    Released: 1991    Genre: Action Metal Mech is a game that I always had an interest in trying but for some reason had reservations about. I could never quite put my finger on the reason why...
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Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken

Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken

Developer: Sting    Publisher: Sofel    Released: 12/18/92    Genre: Shooter I love to be surprised by video games every now and then. The problem is as a thirty-nine year old man I am pretty set in what genres and games I like....
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Burning Force

Burning Force

Developer: Nova    Publisher: Namco    Released: 11/90    Genre: Rail Shooter Space Harrier made a big splash in the arcade with its fancy scaling graphics and riveting gameplay. Yet it did not spawn as many imitators as you would expect,...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Developer: Rare    Publisher: LJN    Released: 10/90     Genre: Action I don’t envy the developers of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The flicks were known for being gory slash fests and Freddy Krueger carried them due to his personality. How do you...
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Blazeon

Blazeon

Developer: A.I. Co, Ltd    Publisher: Atlus    Released: 1992    Genre: Shooter The SNES saw its fair share of arcade ports initially. A lot of these titles ranged in quality. You had your classics like Turtles in Time and mediocre games like...
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Final Lap Twin

Final Lap Twin

Developer: Namco     Publisher: NEC     Released: 1990     Genre: Racing In the long and storied history of the game industry the Car RPG (or Carpg for short) is one of the least explored. Developers have turned the most unlikely activities into a....
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