Adventure Island II

Adventure Island II

Developer: Now Production    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Released: 02/91    Genre: Platformer Adventure Island was a decent game on its own merits. But through no fault of its own I did not like it. True, I was never fond of Wonder Boy,...
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Almana no Kiseki

Almana no Kiseki

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: August 11, 1987    Genre: Action I’ve been fascinated by the Famicom Disk System ever since I learned of its existence years after the fact. It was nice to learn what the expansion on the...
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Kick Master

Kick Master

Developer: KID      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1992      Genre: Action Toward the end of the NES’ life cycle when everyone else had moved on Taito levelled up. I liked Power Blade as much as the next man but before that they were...
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Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer

Developer: Software Creations     Publisher: Arcadia     Released: 11/90     Genre: Shooter Any time the Silver Surfer NES game is brought up you will hear a bunch of epithets. One of the worst games of all time. Quite possibly one of the most...
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Altered Beast (Famicom)

Altered Beast (Famicom)

Developer: Interlink    Publisher: Asmik    Release: 07/20/90    Genre: Action Altered Beat was not a good game, let’s get that out of the way right now. While many have fond memories of it I do not think it’s a...
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DuckTales 2

DuckTales 2

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 06/93   Genre: Platformer DuckTales is a legendary game and one of the greatest games of all time. At a time when licensed games were routinely horrible Capcom showed that if you handled it with...
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Parodius

Parodius

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Palcom    Release: 1992    Genre: Shooter I am incredibly jealous of Europe with this one. I did not become aware of the Parodius series until the 16-bit era, when magazines began featuring import coverage. The SNES ver...
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Demon Sword

Demon Sword

Developer: Tose    Publisher: Taito    Release: 01/90    Genre: Action The Legend of Kage. I never liked the Legend of Kage. Considering my love for old Kung-Fu movies with their aerial hijinks it should have been a shoe in to my tastes....
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Kickle Cubicle

Kickle Cubicle

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Irem    Release: 09/90   Genre: Puzzle In my mind R-Type is what I always associate with Irem. It is no secret why; R-Type is one of the most influential shooters of all time. But that one seminal...
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Whomp ‘Em

Whomp ‘Em

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 03/91    Genre: Action ….Someone out there is probably way too proud of that title to this day. Offensive title aside Whomp ‘Em is a game that I actively avoided for no good reason. Maybe it...
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