Strider 2

Strider 2

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 2000   Genre: Action For a character who had only starred in three games Strider Hiryu’s popularity over the years is incredible. I guess that is the power of excellent character design. Speaking of design,...
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Side Arms Special

Side Arms Special

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: NEC Avenue   Release: 12/15/89   Genre: Shooter Side Arms is the second Turbo Grafx-16 game I ever owned. After suffering with Keith Courage for two months it was a massive relief to finally play something...
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Mechanized Attack

Mechanized Attack

Developer: SNK    Publisher: SNK    Release: 06/90   Genre: Rail Shooter Light gun games were few and far between on the NES. Even though the NES Zapper came packaged with the system support was minimal. This is surprising as there were...
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Robocop vs. the Terminator SNES

Robocop vs. the Terminator SNES

Developer: Interplay    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 1993   Genre: Action After the Alien vs Predator comics from Dark Horse I suppose it was only a matter of time before further versus battles would occur. Robocop vs. the Terminator makes so...
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Rabio Lepus Special

Rabio Lepus Special

Developer: Video System Co.    Publisher: Video System Co.    Release: 10/19/90   Genre: Shooter It has been interesting exploring the PC Engine shooter library. While the Star Soldier games received the lion’s share of attention its lineup is far mor...
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Tetris

Tetris

Developer: Nintendo    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 11/89    Genre: Puzzle Tetris is in the pantheon alongside titles like Super Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda as perfect. Everyone has played Tetris in one form or another. While newer versio...
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The Death and Return of Superman

The Death and Return of Superman

Developer: Blizzard    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 08/94    Genre: Beat em up The Death of Superman was a one two punch of events alongside Knightfall that rocketed DC Comics to the top of the sales charts in the early 90s. This was...
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Twin Hawk

Twin Hawk

Developer: Toaplan    Publisher: Sega    Release: 06/23/90    Genre: Shooter Toaplan were one of the most prolific and revered shooter developers of all time. Their catalog is long, storied, and influential. One need only look at the large number of d...
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Times of Lore

Times of Lore

Developer: Origin    Publisher: Toho    Release: 05/91    Genre: Action RPG Computer RPGs did not fare well on the NES. Much like with adventure games the interface and their general design did not jive well with a controller with few buttons. The...
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