Sqoon
Developer: Home Data Corp. Publisher: Irem Release: 09/87 Genre: Shooter I never played Sqoon growing up. I never saw it at Blockbuster, none of my friends had it, and I never saw any reason to seek it out....
Month: February 2022
Wario World
Developer: Treasure Publisher: Nintendo Release: 06/23/03 Genre: Action It truly is amazing to see just how far Wario has come as a character. Who would have guessed that the supposed one off villain in Super Mario Land 2 would become...
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II
Developer: Black Isle Publisher: Interplay Release: 01/20/04 Genre: Action RPG Computer RPGs have always been a hard sell for console gamers. The complex interfaces designed for a mouse and keyboard were usually butchered while trying to fit o...
Wacky Races
Developer: Infogrames Publisher: Infogrames Release: 2000 Genre: Racing It is pretty surprising that during the Dreamcast’s short life it built up a respectable library of kart racers. After the insane success of Mario Kart 64 the development c...
Doom 64
Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Release: 04/04/97 Genre: Action In the mid-90s Doom was an institution unto itself. It was not the very first fps but it popularized the genre to the point Doom clone became a phrase. And just...
Einhänder
Developer: Square Publisher: SCEA Release: 05/5/98 Genre: Shooter During the 16-bit era Square and RPGs were synonymous. Occasionally they dabbled in other genres like action with Front Mission: Gun Hazard but they largely stuck to their bread...
House of the Dead
Developer: Tantalus Publisher: Sega Release: 03/31/98 Genre: Action Sega built up a stellar track record of great Saturn ports of their arcade games. Considering the Saturn’s messy hardware that they were able to near perfectly replicate gam...
Breath of Fire II
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/10/95 Genre: RPG Breath of Fire was as traditional as RPGs can get. But it made an impression thanks to its fascinating world and pixel art. It was surprising that Capcom did not release...
ExoSquad
Developer: Novotrade Publisher: Playmates Release: 1995 Genre: Action ExoSquad was a cartoon I initially ignored in its first run. When the choice is ExoSquad or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the green guys win almost every time. But syndicated r...
