Dynowarz

Dynowarz

Developer: Advance Communication Company    Publisher: Bandai    Release: 04/90    Genre: Action I was never fond of Dynowarz. That is pretty harsh but I figure I might as well get that out of the way. On paper it has everything a kid...
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Disney’s the Little Mermaid

Disney’s the Little Mermaid

 Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 07/91    Genre: Action I loved Capcom’s Disney games growing up. From DuckTales to Darkwing Duck, they knocked it out of the park almost every single time. We will conveniently ignore Mickey Mousec...
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Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2

Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 01/94   Genre: Platformer Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 is an interesting release. By 1992 Nintendo releases were starting to dry up. Once 1993 came along they were a trickle. Nintendo released one of...
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Snow Bros

Snow Bros

Developer: Toaplan    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 1991   Genre: Action For as much as I like to think I have an open mind with video games I must confess, I’ve made my share of bad assumptions. When I saw Snow...
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Wolverine

Wolverine

Developer: Software Creations    Publisher: LJN    Release: 1991    Genre: Action I’ll give it to Software Creations, they certainly tried with their licensed superhero games. Unlike the typical LJN trash they at least got some elements of their res...
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Rollergames

Rollergames

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Ultra     Released: September 1990     Released: Action Konami picked up some very obscure and strange licenses toward the end of their NES run.  Bucky O’Hare might have been an obscure comic book and cartoon but...
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Kid Niki – Radical Ninja

Kid Niki – Radical Ninja

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Data East    Release: 11/87    Genre: Platformer Christmas of 1988 is permanently burned into my memory. Like many I was excited to open my presents to see if there was a new games. What I did not expect...
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Over Horizon

Over Horizon

Developer: Pixel    Publisher: Hot B    Release: 1991   Genre: Shooter Its funny to look back on the Nintendo shooter library. Despite the system’s slow processor it built up quite an excellent library within the genre. Of course, a large part...
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Ikari Warriors

Ikari Warriors

Developer: Micronics    Publisher: SNK    Release: 05/87    Genre: Action Sometimes I miss the big dumb action movie phase of the 1980s. I will fully admit that most of those films were not good upon closer inspection. But they were at least...
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Super Spy Hunter

Super Spy Hunter

Developer: Tokai Engineering   Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 02/92    Genre: Action Growing up Spy Hunter was the game everyone seemed to have in their library. But here’s the thing: no one liked it. The marketing for that game had to...
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