August 2023 – Classic-Games.net

August 30, 2023 No Responses

Vampire Night

Developer: Wow Entertainment Publisher: Namco Release: 11/13/01 Genre: Action In the mid to late 90s Sega and Namco went back and forth creating arcade hits to compete with each other. When Sega made Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far...

August 28, 2023 No Responses

Mars Matrix

Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Release: 04/30/01 Genre: Shooter In my nascent bullet hell days many years ago many swore by Mars Matrix as one of the best games in the genre. As someone who still only occasionally dips their toes...

August 25, 2023 No Responses

Donald Duck: Goin’ Quackers

Developer: Ubi Soft Publisher: Ubi Soft Release: 12/20/00 Genre: Platformer Many parties would touch the Disney license over the years. And to be completely honest for the most part it was treated right. While we (rightfully) give props to...

August 23, 2023 No Responses

Silent Bomber

Developer: CyberConnect Publisher: Bandai Release: 04/00 Genre: Action Bomberman Act Zero is an embarrassment to the venerable series. I can understand the reasoning behind its creation: with an aging gaming population Hudson wanted to create a vers...

August 21, 2023 No Responses

Bubble Symphony

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Publisher: 11/27/97 Genre: Platformer Watching arcades disappear around the mid-90s was a sad sight. Not only because it was a place to meet fellow gamers before the internet became big but also because there we...

August 18, 2023 No Responses

Pop‘n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures

sDeveloper: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/07/94 Genre: Action It is not fair. Konami brought many of their Japanese shooters and platformers to Europe but not the US and I am still jealous to this day. Many of these are some...

August 16, 2023 No Responses

Tiny Toon Adventures – Buster’s Hidden Treasure

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 03/93 Genre: Platformer For as much as I may make fun of bad licensed games I still have a degree of respect for the developers regardless of how the titles may turn out. It...

August 14, 2023 No Responses

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

Developer: Capcom Publisher: NEC Release: 06/12/93 Genre: Fighting Once Street Fighter II hit the SNES the floodgates were open. Arcade games previously thought impossible for home release were ported to the 16-bit consoles en masse. While the S...

August 11, 2023 No Responses

Blaster Master Zero

Developer: Inti Creates Publisher: Inti Creates Release: 03/09/17 Genre: Action Adventure Platforms: Switch, PS4, Xbox One, XBox Series, 3DS, PC Blaster Master has had a rough go of it over the years. While the initial NES outing is one...

August 7, 2023 No Responses

Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release: 07/90 Genre: Action Rare were one of the most prolific developers on the NES. In total they developed over 60 games throughout the course of the system’s life. Many of these were...