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October 9, 2019 one Response

Splatterhouse 3

Developer: Now Production Publisher: Namco Release: 08/93 Genre: Action Splatterhouse is a series that I’ve liked the idea of more than the reality. Outside of its blood and gore the original Splatterhouse was an average brawler. The second game was...

October 2, 2019 No Responses

Spider-Man vs the Kingpin

Developer: Technopop Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Action Its interesting to look back at how Sega chose to market the Genesis early on. With no Sonic the Hedgehog they did not have a mascot to rely on. And...

August 28, 2019 one Response

Thunder Force II

Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Sega Release: 09/89 Genre: Shooter I remember the Sega Genesis launch fondly but will admit to viewing it through rose tinted glasses. Of the six or seven launch titles only two of them have really held...

August 21, 2019 No Responses

DJ Boy

Developer: Kaneko Publisher: American Sammy Release: 04/90 Genre: Beat em up One of the aspects of reviewing retro games everyone deals with is recognizing when a game you previously liked was not good to begin with. I loved DJ Boy...

August 14, 2019 2 Responses

Mega Turrican

Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: Data East Release: 07/07/94 Genre: Action I was not fond of Turrican. I get that it is a European classic but man, that game’s flaws were too much for me to handle. So it is ironic...

August 7, 2019 No Responses

Grind Stormer

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Tengen Released: 1994 Genre: Shooter The Genesis, like the Turbo Grafx, featured excellent hardware that almost seemed tailor made for the shooter genre. Many developers cottoned on to that fact as it...

July 24, 2019 No Responses

Dahna: Megami Tanjo

Developer: I.G.S Publisher: I.G.S Release: 12/20/91 Genre: Action Say what you will about Sega today but back in the 16-bit era they gave the Genesis excellent support. If third parties would or could not support the system they licensed thei...

July 17, 2019 5 Responses

Sparkster

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 1994 Genre: Platformer Of all the mascot platformers released during the 16-bit era Rocket Knight Adventures was easily one of the best. It was both original and insanely fun, with its fantastic le...

July 12, 2019 No Responses

Demolition Man

Developer: Alexandria Publisher: Acclaim Release: 1995 Genre: Action Demolition Man was the action blockbuster of 1994. Well, at least one of them. Honestly that was a pretty stellar year for action movies with the likes of True Lies, Speed,.....

July 3, 2019 No Responses

James Bond 007: the Duel

Developer: the Kremlin Publisher: Domark Release: 08/14/93 Genre: Action Goldeneye 007 was a landmark title for the N64 and console first person shooters as well. Not only did it prove that the genre could work on console...

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