Technocop

Technocop

Developer: Gray Matter    Publisher Razorsoft    Release: 90    Genre: Action In the early days of the Sega Genesis third party support was scarce. You can thank Nintendo’s strong arm tactics for that. But because of that many PC developers saw an...
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Mighty Bomb Jack

Mighty Bomb Jack

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 07/87    Genre: Action 1987 was a critical year for the NES. As the library began to expand beyond simple arcade experiences we were treated to many fresh takes on existing genres like platforming and a...
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Doomsday Warrior

Doomsday Warrior

Developer: Laser Soft    Publisher: Renovation    Release: 1992    Genre: Action The fighting game explosion that came in the wake of Street Fighter 2 was an interesting time. Where most arcade game’s were content to copy Capcom’s classic most of t...
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Galaga ’90

Galaga ’90

Developer: Namco   Publisher: NEC    Released: November 1989    Genre: Shooter Galaga, like many of its classic brethren, is as perfect a game as you can make. The simple alien blasting formula was addicting and gamers lined up to...
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Cowboy Kid

Cowboy Kid

Developer: Pixel   Publisher: Romstar    Release: 01/92    Genre: Action Konami’s Goemon series has been running since the Famicom era with more entries than you can count. In the West we would not be introduced to it until Legend of the...
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Plok

Plok

Developer: Software Creations   Publisher: Tradewest   Release: 09/93   Genre: Action The competition among mascot platformers during the 16-bit era was fierce. As lines in the sand were drawn any new entrant in the contest for the hearts and minds of...
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Dungeon Explorer Sega CD

Dungeon Explorer Sega CD

Developer: Westone    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1995   Genre: Action Dungeon Explorer was one of the earliest and only Turbo Grafx-16 pseudo RPGs. As a fan of Gauntlet it also appealed to me as the two games are similar. I spent...
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Tiny Toon Adventures

Tiny Toon Adventures

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/91    Genre: Action Even though the SNES and Genesis were both on the market by 1991 publishers were still keen to take advantage of the massive NES audience. While most of the popular IP were...
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Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron

Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron

Developer: AIM   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Release: 1995   Genre: Action 1995 was both a banner year for the 16-bit era and also one of the reasons why the new 32-bit platforms were needed. There were many classic titles...
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Street Smart

Street Smart

Developer: SNK    Publisher: Treco    Release: 06/91   Genre: Action When it comes to fighting games everyone remembers Street Fighter 2 as the progenitor of the genre as we know it. But prior to contrary belief there were other games before...
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