Captain America & the Avengers

Captain America & the Avengers

Developer: Opera House    Publisher: Data East    Release: 1992   Genre: Beat em up I have been a comic book reader for going on 31 years now. Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, it does not matter the publisher; if it is good...
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Art of Fighting

Art of Fighting

Developer: SNK     Publisher: Sega    Released: 1994     Genre: Fighting Art of Fighting has always held an interesting position in SNK’s fighting lineup. No one can argue that Fatal Fury was its bread and butter, to be succeeded by the King of...
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Mega Man: The Wily Wars

Mega Man: The Wily Wars

Developer: Minakuchi Engineering    Publisher: Sega    Release: 05/23/97   Genre: Action Going into 1993 Sega had built up a tremendous amount of momentum due to their success with Sonic the Hedgehog 2. That led to more third parties hopping on board......
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Shadowrun

Shadowrun

Developer: BlueSky Software    Publisher: Sega    Release: 03/94   Genre: Action RPG Words cannot express how much I love the Shadowrun universe and cyberpunk in general.  I have never had the chance to play the pen & paper game but have...
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Light Crusader

Light Crusader

Developer: Treasure     Publisher: Sega     Released: 1995     Genre: Action Rpg Throughout Treasure’s long and storied history they have created many a legendary action and shooting game.  They have only occasionally dabbled in other genres.  ...
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Revenge of Shinobi

Revenge of Shinobi

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 12/89   Genre: Action The Revenge of Shinobi was probably one of the first killer apps for the Sega Genesis. That is a bold statement but completely true. In the early years of the system’s...
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Night Striker

Night Striker

Developer: Aisystem Tokyo    Publisher: Taito    Release: 05/28/93    Genre: Shooter Anyone who was around in the 80s has bought more than one video game based off of screenshots, a magazine or ad. My interest in Night Striker was peaked due to...
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Steel Empire

Steel Empire

Developer: Hot-B     Publisher: Flying Edge     Released: 1992     Genre: Shooter As much as I loved shooters growing up they did become over saturated with releases in a very short period. The Genesis, Turbo Grafx-16 and the arcade saw an innumera...
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Wonder Boy in Monster World

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Developer: Westone    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991    Genre: Action RPG The Wonder Boy games started out as slightly unique platformers at the genre’s beginning but it wouldn’t be long before the series would explore other genres.  Wonder Boy...
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Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 11/26/90   Genre: Platformer Capcom usually gets the majority of the praise when the discussing Disney licensed titles. And rightfully so I might add. At a time where LJN and Ocean basically treated any lic...
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