Heavy Unit

Heavy Unit

Developer: Toho     Publisher: Kaneko    Released: 12/26/90     Genre: Shooter It is amazing just how many shooters were released for the Genesis early on. It shouldn’t come as a surprise; the system’s fast processor made porting the latest arcade titles...
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Ranger-X

Ranger-X

Developer: Gau Entertainment     Publisher: Sega     Released: 1993     Genre: Action The Sega Genesis has one of the best gaming libraries of all time. But it did not come easily. While Sega did excellent in the US and were able to garner...
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The Lion King

The Lion King

Developer: Westwood Studios    Publisher Virgin Interactive    Released: 1994    Genre: Platformer For as much as we praise Capcom and Sega for their handling of the Disney license Virgin deserves to be in the conversation as well. During the 16-bit e...
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Road Avenger

Road Avenger

Developer: Data East     Publisher: Renovation     Released: 1992     Genre: Action Laserdisc arcade games were always fascinating to watch. The gorgeous animation and sheer spectacle on display were unlike anything else at the time and seemed a gen...
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Championship Pro Am

Championship Pro Am

Developer: Rare     Publisher: Tradewest     Released: 1992     Genre: Racing It’s interesting to look back and examine Rare’s 16-bit efforts. Their work during the latter years of the SNES is now legendary but you would never have expected tha...
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Atomic Robo-Kid

Atomic Robo-Kid

Developer: UPL Co., Ltd.    Publisher: Treco    Released: 1990    Genre: Shooter I enjoy a good shooter. Since the Atari 2600 days the genre has been one of my favorites. Up until bullet hell took over I still enjoyed...
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Air Buster

Air Buster

Developer: Kaneko    Publisher: Kaneko    Released: 1991    Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters is one of my favorite Turbo Grafx-16 games. At a time where I had few games for the system it was a bright spot. It would be...
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Batman: Return of the Joker

Batman: Return of the Joker

Developer: Ringler Studios    Publisher: Sunsoft    Released: 1992    Genre: Action Of all the publishers that survived into the 16-bit generation my biggest disappointment has to be Sunsoft. On the NES Sunsoft were one of the system’s best develope...
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Arcus Odyssey

Arcus Odyssey

Developer: Wolf Team  Publisher: Renovation     Released: 1991    Genre: Action Gauntlet was a phenomenon in the arcade. As one of the first four-player arcade games the ability to team up with three friends and go on a grand adventure was...
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Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns

Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns

Developer: Tiertex     Publisher: U.S. Gold     Released: 1993     Genre: Action Strider was an important release for the Sega Genesis. As the first 8-meg cartridge it opened the doors for larger games and for its time was a stellar arcade conversi...
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