Golden Axe

Golden Axe

Developer: Team Shinobi    Publisher: Sega    Release: 12/89    Genre: Beat em up The Sega Genesis and Turbo Grafx-16 launches were pretty significant events in the gaming industry. For the first time we were experiencing a hardware transition and all that...
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Streets of Rage

Streets of Rage

Developer: Ancient    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991   Genre: Beat em up With Final Fight setting the arcade on fire naturally most were anxious for a home port. Unfortunately for Sega owners the SNES would receive the exclusive for a number...
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Granada

Granada

Developer: Wolf Team   Publisher: Renovation   Release: 1990   Genre: Shooter I have never been much of a fan of tank based games. My dislike probably stems from playing Jackal in coop with a scrub and if you have ever been in...
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ESWAT: City Under Siege

ESWAT: City Under Siege

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 10/90   Genre: Action I really liked ESWAT in the arcade but unfortunately never had the chance to play it much because of distance. So when news of a Sega Genesis version of the game...
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Valis III (Genesis)

Valis III (Genesis)

Developer: Telenet    Publisher: Renovation    Release: 06/91    Genre: Action For the brave gamers who decided to take a chance with Valis the first few games were a lesson in mediocrity. I will not deny that there is a certain charm to...
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Syd of Valis

Syd of Valis

Developer: I.S.C. Co.    Publisher: Renovation    Release: 1992   Genre: Action In Japan the super deformed art style is actually a thing. I’ll admit that its actually kind of “cute” to see otherwise serious characters like Solid Snake or Ryu...
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Valis – the Fantasm Soldier

Valis – the Fantasm Soldier

Developer: Telenet    Publisher: Renovation     Released: 08/15/91    Genre: Action I really miss Renovation Software. They never really had a breakout hit in the 90s but they brought out a wide variety of titles. Some were good, some were bad...
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Wings of Wor

Wings of Wor

Developer: NSC    Publisher: Dreamworks    Release: 08/08/91    Genre: Shooter Now here’s one you do not hear about often. In the Sega Genesis’s library shooters starring angels of destruction can be counted on one hand with extra fingers.  You w...
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Devastator

Devastator

Developer: Wolf Team    Publisher: Wolf Team    Release: 05/28/93    Genre: Action In America most remember the Sega CD as a wasteland full of terrible FMV games and licensed junk. That is true to an extent but when you dig deeper it...
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Twinkle Tale

Twinkle Tale

Developer: Zap Corporation    Publisher: Wonder Amusement Studio    Release: 07/24/92   Genre: Shooter The Cotton series of shooters are an incredible bunch that had a low profile because one single release came to the US until recently. And that...
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