Werewolf – the Last Warrior

Werewolf – the Last Warrior

Developer: Data East     Publisher: Data East     Release: November 16, 1990     Genre: Platformer As I revisit the NES library my feelings toward a lot of titles have changed over the years.  There are games like Contra and Mega Man that remain...
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Adventures of Dino Riki

Adventures of Dino Riki

Developer: Hudson Soft     Publisher: Hudson Soft     Released: 1989     Genre: Shooter The Adventures of Dino Riki is a game that I am completely apathetic toward. I do not dislike it like I do the old Wonder Boy games. But I also...
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Cabal

Cabal

Developer: Rare     Publisher: Milton Bradley    Released: 1990     Genre: Shooter The video game industry’s long love affair with military games will never cease to amaze. We are coming up on sixteen straight years of Call of Duty titles and the ...
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Zanac

Zanac

Developer: Compile    Publisher: FCI    Released: 1987    Genre: Shooter Gradius was the game that made me appreciate the shooter genre. I had played many a shooter on the Atari 2600, some that I really loved like Demon Attack and Atlantis Attack....
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Burai Fighter

Burai Fighter

Developer: Kid      Publisher: Taxan      Released: 1990      Genre: Shooter Burai Fighter is a game that I had no preconceived notions of. I had never heard of it, nor seen any reviews in gaming magazines at the time. But my family bought...
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Rambo

Rambo

Developer: Pack-in-Video    Publisher: Acclaim    Released: 05/88    Genre: Action Rambo for NES is commonly accepted as one of the worst games of all time. That is a pretty lofty statement. And you know what? It is true. It really is pretty...
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Alien Syndrome

Alien Syndrome

Developer: Sunsoft      Publisher: Tengen      Released: 1989      Genre: Action Sega games on a Nintendo system will never stop being strange to me. I realize they have been third party since 2001 but as a seasoned veteran of the console wars...
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Wrath of the Black Manta

Wrath of the Black Manta

Developer: Kyugo      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1990      Genre: Action I was never particularly fond of Wrath of the Black Manta growing up.  It made no sense too; this was the height of the ninja craze.  You had movies like American Ni...
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Titan Warriors

Titan Warriors

Developer: Capcom      Publisher: Capcom      Released: Cancelled      Genre: Shooter      Platform: NES As much I liked Capcom’s NES output I have to admit their shooter lineup for the system was weak.  Legendary Wings was the only game...
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Die Hard

Die Hard

Developer: Pack-In-Video    Publisher: Activision    Released: 1992    Genre: Action Licensed video games during the 8-bit era were especially bad. For every DuckTales or Mission Impossible there were countless pieces of tosh like Rambo or Back to the...
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