Jackie Chan’s Action Kung-Fu

Jackie Chan’s Action Kung-Fu

Developer: Now Production    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 12/90   Genre: Action For all of Jackie Chan’s success in film his video game “career” has been less than stellar. Over the last few decades there have been close to twenty...
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Frankenstein – the Monster Returns

Frankenstein – the Monster Returns

I’ve spent a lot of time making fun of Acclaim and LJN (and rightfully so) but there are a few other publishers who deserve the same level of derision.  Bandai were just as bad in my opinion and maybe even...
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Fist of the North Star

Fist of the North Star

I discovered Fist of the North Star at a far too young age.  My family had bought a random issue of the Viz single-issue release and the violence and casual nudity blew my mind.  Fast forward nearly a decade and...
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Gremlins 2: the New Batch

Gremlins 2: the New Batch

After a string of bad games such as Superman, Back to the Future, and my personal biggest regret, Marvel’s X-Men I learned to avoid any game based on a popular license.  When money is tight you have to be extremely...
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Dragon Spirit – the New Legend

Dragon Spirit – the New Legend

Developer: Namco     Publisher: Bandai     Released: 1990     Genre: Shooter I have always liked Dragon Spirit more than most shooters. It was one of the few arcade games I ever came close to finishing before the inevitable home port which probably....
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Dragon Fighter

Dragon Fighter

Developer: Natsume   Publisher: Sofel    Release: 01/92   Genre: Action Every system has its share of games that fly under the radar. Most of the time these games are terrible; there is a reason no one remembers crap like Chubby...
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Conquest of the Crystal Palace

Conquest of the Crystal Palace

Developer: Quest     Publisher: Asmik     Released: 11/90     Genre: Action Conquest of the Crystal Palace was a random rental from Blockbuster Video. Not because I had heard of it before but because I thought the box art looked cool.  While norma...
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Shadowgate

Shadowgate

Developer: Icom Simulations    Publisher: Kemco     Released: 1989     Genre: Adventure My fascination with point and click adventure games started at a young age.  I remember browsing the Electronic Boutique catalogs and reading the descriptions o...
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Bucky O’Hare

Bucky O’Hare

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 01/92    Genre: Action Bucky O’Hare was one of my favorite cartoons growing up, which is surprising as it only lasted one season. But that one season was extremely cool in my eyes. It is also...
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Fester’s Quest

Fester’s Quest

Developer: Sunsoft    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 10/89    Genre: Action I was never particularly fond of Fester’s Quest growing up. While most of us were stupid kids willing to play anything in front of us during the 80s that began to change...
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