Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Developer: Probe    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 1994   Genre: Action Beauty and the Beast, like nearly all of Disney’s legendary animated films from the 90s, saw its fair share of licensed titles. But unlike the likes of Aladdin and...
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Sword of Sodan

Sword of Sodan

Developer: Innerprise Software   Publisher: Electronic Arts    Release: 1990   Genre: Action Bad game reviews are some of the fastest to write. When a game is awful there is a lot to say and the words flow judiciously. The...
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Halley Wars

Halley Wars

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Release: 01/14/89    Genre: Shooter Even as early as the late 80s the shooter genre began to hit a rut. The biggest titles in the genre such as Gradius and R-Type cast a large...
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Double Dragon 2 – the Revenge

Double Dragon 2 – the Revenge

Developer: Kid Co.   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 03/12/93   Genre: Beat em up My initial exposure to Double Dragon 2 was the brilliant NES version which was essentially a remake. I did not play the arcade game until...
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Socket

Socket

Developer: Vik Tokai    Publisher: Vik Tokai    Release: 08/17/93   Genre: Platformer In the video game industry one of the easiest paths to success is to copy the most popular game at the time. Super Mario Brothers had its moment and...
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Dragon Power

Dragon Power

Developer: Tose    Publisher: Bandai    Release: 03/88   Genre: Action The NES is host to a litany of strange titles. With its rapid success, everyone wanted to cash in on it. How else would you explain a Christian game producer...
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Edono Kiba

Edono Kiba

Developer: Riot    Publisher: Micro World    Release: 03/12/93    Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi made me a fan of ninja action games. While Sega received the lion’s share of attention thanks to the quality of the Genesis Shinobi...
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L-Dis

L-Dis

Developer: Dual   Publisher: Masaya   Release: 04/05/91   Genre: Shooter In the land of video games sometimes you have to something absurd to stand out. The PC Engine has more shooters than you can possibly imagine. To be fair...
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The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

Developer: Taito   Publisher: Taito    Release: 12/91   Genre: Action Of all the licensed titles on the NES the Flintstones and Jetsons games from Taito are some of the best. Capcom worked magic with the Disney license yet other publishers...
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Bonkers

Bonkers

Developer: Sun L   Publisher: Capcom    Release: 10/94   Genre: Platformer Of all the Disney Afternoon shows Bonkers is the one I am the least fond of. It is not that it was a bad show, but Darkwing Duck is a...
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