BattleTech

BattleTech

Developer: Malibu Interactive   Publisher: Extreme Entertainment   Release: 09/94   Genre: Action I have always wanted to get in to the MechWarrior universe. Giant robots have always been cool and growing up there was no shortage of media featuring...
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Mickey Mania

Mickey Mania

Developer: Traveller’s Tales    Publisher: Sony Imagesoft    Release: 10/26/94    Genre: Platformer Compared to many of his contemporaries Mickey Mouse has had a good go of it in the video game space. While Mickey Mousecapade was a dreadful title ...
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Curse

Curse

Developer: Micronet   Publisher: Micronet   Release: 12/23/89   Genre: Shooter By all respects Curse should be a game that is instantly forgettable. The Sega Genesis did not suffer from a lack of shooters even early on. And yet this...
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Revenge of the Ninja

Revenge of the Ninja

Developer: Wolfteam    Publisher: Renovation    Release: 03/94   Genre: Action The Sega CD library is a bit underrated even today. While it was flooded with assy FMV games initially by late 1993 it began to build up a respectable library. While...
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Streets of Rage 3

Streets of Rage 3

Developer: Ancient    Publisher: Sega    Release:    Genre: Beat ’em up Streets of Rage 2 is one of the greatest beat em ups of all time. It tops the list of greatest games in the genre regularly and is one of the...
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Battletoads (Sega Genesis)

Battletoads (Sega Genesis)

Developer: Arc System Works   Publisher: Tradewest    Release: 03/93   Genre: Action Battletoads is a game that I both love and hate. It has more variety than two or three games combined and lets its creativity flow unbridled. But the...
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The Misadventures of Flink

The Misadventures of Flink

Developer: Psygnosis   Publisher: Vik Tokai  Release: 05/94  Genre: Platformer During the 16-bit era there was a very clear divide in quality between Japanese and Western platformers. The likes of Sonic, Mario, and Mega Man all featured tight controls and ...
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Annet Futatabi

Annet Futatabi

Developer: Wolf Team   Publisher: Wolf Team    Release: 03/30/93   Genre: Beat em up Annet Futatabi is a game I longed for after seeing it in a random issue of EGM. The idea of two separate video game characters starring...
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Batman Returns (Sega CD)

Batman Returns (Sega CD)

Developer: Malibu Interactive    Publisher: Sega    Release: 05/19/93   Genre: Action Batman Returns is one of the most interesting movie licensed games of the 16-bit era. Like Aladdin it hit many platforms with each one being unique. But Batman’s reac...
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Tinhead

Tinhead

Developer: Micropose    Publisher: Spectrum Holobyte    Release: 10/94    Genre: Platformer As the mascot platformers raged on to the end of the 16-bit generation developers would finally “get” it. The realization that it takes more than a cute fa...
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