Knight Rider
Developer: Pack-in-Video Publisher: Acclaim Release: 12/88 Genre: Action My memories of Knight Rider are few. I am sure I watched a few episodes of the TV show growing up. But outside of the cool talking car I...
Category: NES
Romancia
Developer: Compile Publisher: Tokyo Shoseki Release: 10/30/87 Genre: Action RPG The Dragon Slayer line of games is interesting to say the least. The series consists of multiple entries over thirty years but most of the games span genres and...
Thundercade
Developer: Micronics Publisher:American Sammy Release: 08/89 Genre: Shooter I like shooters. Be it fantasy shooters, space shooters, or even the weird supernatural ones like Castle of Shikigami. I will even dabble with the occasional bullet h...
Mechanized Attack
Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release: 06/90 Genre: Rail Shooter Light gun games were few and far between on the NES. Even though the NES Zapper came packaged with the system support was minimal. This is surprising as there were...
Tetris
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 11/89 Genre: Puzzle Tetris is in the pantheon alongside titles like Super Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda as perfect. Everyone has played Tetris in one form or another. While newer versio...
Times of Lore
Developer: Origin Publisher: Toho Release: 05/91 Genre: Action RPG Computer RPGs did not fare well on the NES. Much like with adventure games the interface and their general design did not jive well with a controller with few buttons. The...
Bomberman II
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 02/93 Genre: Action I was not a fan of the first Bomberman. It was novel at the time and pretty cool but was plodding and repetitive and not able to hold my...
Fantasy Zone II
Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 12/20/88 Genre: Shooter My history with Fantasy Zone is a bit odd. My first experience with the game was the unlicensed Tengen version for the NES. This was before I learned it was an...
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 04/93 Genre: Platformer Konami were one of the few publishers to support the NES at the end of its life. Their later output focused on licensed titles as they reserved their core intellectual properti...
Thunderbirds
Developer: Pack-In-Video Publisher: Activision Release: 09/90 Genre: Shooter Thunderbirds was before my time so I have no attachment to it. Unlike Godzilla and old Kung Fu movies it never impressed me. I am sure for its time...