The Legend of Kage

The Legend of Kage

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Release: 08/87   Genre: Action Growing up in the 80s I had an appreciation for old Kung-Fu flicks and ninja movies thanks to my older brothers. Yes, the English dubs and lip sync were bad but...
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Uninvited

Uninvited

Developer: Kemco    Publisher: Kemco    Release: 1991    Genre: Adventure The NES had a surprisingly decently library of point and click adventure games. But even with that in mind Uninvited is rarely mentioned. That could be due to its late release......
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Track & Field

Track & Field

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 04/87    Genre: Sports If I had to trace my love of the occasional mini game collection it would probably come from Winter Games on the Commodore 64. The limited animation looked goofy as hell but...
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Mendel Palace

Mendel Palace

Developer: Game Freak    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 12/12/89    Genre: Action In some ways I kind of miss blindly renting games. When you were young with no disposable income game rentals were your life blood. The only problem is there was...
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Captain Silver

Captain Silver

Developer: Jorudan    Publisher: Tokuma Shoten    Release: 12/16/88   Genre: Action Captain Silver is a game that I probably saw in some old magazine I have long since forgotten. While it was originally released in the arcade I never...
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Monster in my Pocket

Monster in my Pocket

Developer: Team Murata Keikaku    Publisher: Konami    Release: 01/92    Genre: Action You can be forgiven if you have never heard of Monster in my Pocket. Long before Pokemon dominated the world these little plastic figures enjoyed tremendous populari...
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JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II

JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II

Developer: Square    Publisher: Square    Release: 12/07/87    Genre: Action 3-D World Runner was not a personal favorite of mine but I could at least appreciate what it was trying to do. It could have been a great game if not for...
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Total Recall

Total Recall

Developer: Interplay   Publisher: Acclaim    Release: 1990    Genre: Action Total Recall is one of the best sci-fi movies of the 90s. The combination of its setting, story, and leading man Arnold Schwarzenegger combined to make it one of the...
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Akumajou Special-Boku Dracula Kun

Akumajou Special-Boku Dracula Kun

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 10/12/90    Genre: Platformer For as prolific as Konami were in the US there were still a legion of titles they left behind in Japan. What makes this even more surprising is that they even created...
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Sword Master

Sword Master

Developer: Athena    Publisher: Activision    Release: 01/92   Genre: Action Even though it was pretty late in the system’s life cycle 1992 really was an incredible year for the NES. Even with the Genesis and SNES hitting their stride there...
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