September 2022 – Classic-Games.net

September 30, 2022 No Responses

F1 ROC: Race of Champions

Developer: Seta Publisher: Seta Release: 1992 Genre: Racing F-Zero set the bar pretty high as far as my expectations with racing games during the 16-bit era. Coming off the stale, repetitive 8-bit racers F-Zero was a breath of fresh air...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Pac-Mania

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Tengen Release: 1991 Genre: Action Pac-Man. If you are over the age of 35 chances are you have played some incarnation of Namco’s classic. But while the original arcade game is an indelible...

September 26, 2022 No Responses

Platoon

Developer: Ocean Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 12/88 Genre: Action Platoon was one of the most impenetrable games I tried to play back in the day. In the days where it was common to borrow games without the instruction manual I had...

September 23, 2022 No Responses

Violinist of Hamelin

Developer: Daft Co. Publisher: Enix Release: 09/29/95 Genre: Action To this day I am still amazed at the depth of the SNES library. The games released in the West were great but sheer number of hidden gems...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

Turrican

Developer: Rainbow Arts Publisher: Accolade Release: 06/91 Genre: Action Turrican was an institution in Europe. Some compared it to Contra however the two games are vastly different. With its massive levels ripe for exploration and excellent chip...

September 19, 2022 No Responses

The Uncanny X-Men

Developer: Unknown Publisher: LJN Release: 12/89 Genre: Action Take a trip down memory lane with me. Imagine being 10 years old in 1990 with a cool $50 in Birthday money burning in your pocket. The video game aisle in Toys...

September 16, 2022 No Responses

The Addams Family

Developer: Ocean Publisher: Ocean Release: 03/92 Genre: Platformer Ocean Software was not one of my favorite publishers back in the day. As the European Acclaim they flooded the market with licensed video games that were usually not very...

September 14, 2022 No Responses

Ai Chō Aniki

Developer: Bits Laboratory Publisher: Masaya Release: 02/24/95 Genre: Shooter Cho Aniki was a strange game that earned a reputation for its homoerotic imagery. What was lost in all the hoopla was the fact that it was a...

September 12, 2022 No Responses

Uchuu Keibitai SDF

Developer: HAL Publisher: HAL Release: 09/07/90 Genre: Shooter Considering the NES hardware and its weaknesses I would say it has a pretty strong lineup of shooters. From Gun-Nac to Life Force there are many all-time classics in its...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

Ghost Sweeper Mikami

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Banalex Release: 09/23/93 Genre: Action In my early days of emulation it was not uncommon to scroll through a list of roms and try random games just because the name sounded interesting. Sometimes I would...

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