Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade

Developer: Tiertex   Publisher: U.S. Gold   Release: 11/92   Genre: Action Indiana Jones is a cultural icon. A swashbuckling adventurer who goes hunting for famous relics? It sounds tailor made for a video game. Yet outside of his PC...
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Youkai Yashiki

Youkai Yashiki

Developer: Irem   Publisher: Irem   Release: 10/23/87   Genre: Action The Famicom Disk System is a fascinating piece of hardware from a historical perspective. In Japan for a while there it completely overtook the Famicom and nearly all releases...
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Martial Champion

Martial Champion

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/17/93   Genre: Fighting Konami established the fighting game genre with Yie Ar Kung-Fu alongside Karate Champ. Many of us older gamers loved it as it offered something different from what we were use...
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Sengoku Denshou

Sengoku Denshou

Developer: Dragnet    Publisher: Sammy    Release: 12/28/93   Genre: Beat ’em up Before SNK rode the fighting game renaissance into the ground the Neo Geo was host to an assortment of beat em ups. With their graphical prowess these...
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Zoda’s Revenge – Star Tropics II

Zoda’s Revenge – Star Tropics II

Developer: Nintendo    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 03/15/94    Genre: Action-Adventure Star Tropics is an odd game among Nintendo’s lineup. As a very clear Zelda inspired adventure it was targeted toward the Western audience who might have found ...
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Aero the Acrobat

Aero the Acrobat

Developer: Iguana    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 10/12/93   Genre: Platformer Sunsoft were a powerhouse on the NES and one of its best developers. They made that hardware sing like few others and are one of the reasons why the NES...
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Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker

Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Irem    Release: 12/18/92   Genre: Shooter I liked Image Fight. There were a number of arcade games that received both NES and PC Engine ports and while NEC’s version was always better both were respectable. Image Fight.....
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The Goonies

The Goonies

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/21/86   Genre: Platformer What happened to the Goonies I? I am sure I am not alone in wondering that when the Goonies II released in America. Any child of the 80s is familiar with...
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Super Ninja Kun

Super Ninja Kun

Developer: Jaleco   Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 08/05/94   Genre: Platformer Jaleco was always a mid-sized publisher who never quite reached the level of Capcom or Konami. They published a wide variety of titles but their most well known in the...
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Mamono Hunter Yohko

Mamono Hunter Yohko

Developer: Klon    Publisher: NCS    Release: 03/22/91    Genre: Action Mamono Hunter Yohko (or Devil Hunter Yohko as it is known in the West) is an anime I always wanted to watch but never got around to. It ticked all the...
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