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April 27, 2020 No Responses

Guerilla War

Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Released:1989 Genre: Action SNK had a strange fascination with war games in the 80s. From Ikari Warriors to P.O.W. and Iron Tank the theme was pretty consistent. More than likely they were simply leveraging their...

April 24, 2020 2 Responses

1942

Developer: Micronics Publisher: Capcom Released: 1986 Genre: Shooter Capcom are one of the few third parties that have long lasting hits in nearly every genre. For platformers you have Mega Man. For fighting games you have Street Fighte...

April 20, 2020 No Responses

Metal Mech

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Jaleco Released: 1991 Genre: Action Metal Mech is a game that I always had an interest in trying but for some reason had reservations about. I could never quite put my finger on the reason why...

April 13, 2020 No Responses

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Developer: Rare Publisher: LJN Released: 10/90 Genre: Action I don’t envy the developers of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The flicks were known for being gory slash fests and Freddy Krueger carried them due to his personality. How do you...

April 6, 2020 2 Responses

Tiger Heli

Developer: Micronics Publisher: Acclaim Released: 1987 Genre: Shooter One day I will learn why so many NES publishers turned to Micronics to develop Nintendo ports of their arcade games. You would think after seeing the sorry state of t...

March 30, 2020 one Response

Karnov

Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Released: 1988 Genre: Platformer During the NES era nearly every publisher had their own mascot. The mascot phenomenon will always be a strange point in video game history; how and why the indu...

March 23, 2020 2 Responses

Little Nemo: the Dream Master

I was always interested in Little Nemo when I was young. The comic book advertisements made it seem like the coolest game in the world to my nine year old self. But it somehow managed to elude me, much like...

March 16, 2020 3 Responses

Predator

Developer: Pack-In-Video Publisher: Activision Released: 1989 Genre: Action We make fun of Acclaim and LJN for their history of terrible licensed games because they deserve it. But in my opinion Activision deserves their share of derisi...

March 9, 2020 No Responses

Section Z

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1987 Genre: Shooter As I revisit the games of my childhood I am often surprised how well certain games have held up. Obviously the Legend of Zelda still holds up today but lesser known title...

March 2, 2020 No Responses

Cross Fire

Developer: Kyugo Trading Co. Publisher: Sanritsu Release: 11/02/90 Genre: Action I think it is safe to say that Contra is one of the most popular NES games of all time. Literally everyone I knew with an NES growing up had...

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