Die Hard Vendetta

Die Hard Vendetta

Developer: Bits Studio    Publisher: Sierra    Release: 11/08/02   Genre: FPS The resilience of Die Hard needs to be studied. Despite the games being awful they remain incredibly popular for some god forsaken reason. Die Hard Trilogy was a PlayStation...
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Metal Slug 4

Metal Slug 4

Developer: Mega Enterprise    Publisher: Ignition Entertainment    Release: 10/28/05    Genre: Action Metal Slug 3 is one of the greatest 2d action games of all time and set a high bar. So how do you follow it up? Simple, you don’t, at...
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Speed Devils

Speed Devils

Developer: Ubi Soft   Publisher: Ubi Soft    Release: 10/29/99    Genre: Racing The Dreamcast has one of the biggest launch lineups of all time. What makes it so great is not the volume of titles but the number of genres covered....
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1080° Snowboarding

1080° Snowboarding

Developer: Nintendo EAD    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 04/01/98    Genre: Sports The extreme sports explosion of the fifth generation was something to behold. Whereas this genre was practically non-existent before it became a huge draw in short or...
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Soul of the Samurai

Soul of the Samurai

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 1999    Genre: Action When Resident Evil hit it hit big. While it was certainly not the first game to mix 3d characters with polygonal characters it was one of the most notable at...
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Silhouette Mirage

Silhouette Mirage

Developer: Treasure    Publisher: ESP    Release: 09/10/97    Genre: Action No one does it like Treasure. After bursting on the scene with some of the most creative and technically accomplished games on the Genesis many looked forward to what they woul...
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Battle Cars

Battle Cars

Developer: Malibu Interactive    Publisher: Namco    Release: 12/93   Genre: Racing F-Zero set the tone for racing games on the SNES with its use of Mode 7 and there would be many, many games that would follow in its footsteps....
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Earthworm Jim 2 (Genesis)

Earthworm Jim 2 (Genesis)

Developer: Shiny    Publisher: Playmates Interactive    Release: 11/15/95    Genre: Action There were many mascot platformers during the 16-bit era. The vast majority of them failed to make an impression and sadly some of the truly great ones did not a...
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Shiryō Sensen: War of the Dead

Shiryō Sensen: War of the Dead

Developer: Fun Project    Publisher: Victor Interactive    Release: 03/24/89    Genre: Action RPG Action RPGs were few and far between on the Turbo Grafx-16, both in the US and Japan. At least this applies to the Hucard format. Most of the best...
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Divine Dynamo Flamefrit

Divine Dynamo Flamefrit

Developer: Inti Creates    Publisher: Inti Creates    Release: 11/15/24    Genre: Action Also on: Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series One of my favorite parts of the indie game movement is the continuation of gameplay styles that have fall...
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