Arkista’s Ring

Arkista’s Ring

Developer: NMK Co.    Publisher: American Sammy    Release: 1990   Genre: Action Few can argue that Arkista’s Ring is one of the most obscure NES games released in the US officially. Growing up I never saw it in stores, never read...
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Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II

Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II

Developer: Zippo Games    Publisher: Acclaim    Release: 12/89    Genre: Action Wizards & Warriors was a curious game. Even as a child I was aware of its flaws. It has some of the most intense platforming at the time but everything surrounding...
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Ninja Gaiden III: the Ancient Ship of Doom

Ninja Gaiden III: the Ancient Ship of Doom

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 08/91   Genre: Action Back in the day it wasn’t uncommon for games to undergo significant changes when coming to different markets. Sometimes these were bug fixes or additions to gameplay. More often th...
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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

Developer: Tose   Publisher: Bandai    Release: 1990   Genre: Action I have 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....
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Fist of the North Star

Fist of the North Star

Developer: Shouei    Publisher: Taxan    Release: 04/89    Genre: Action 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...
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Gremlins 2: the New Batch

Gremlins 2: the New Batch

Developer: Sunsoft    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 10/90   Genre: Action 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....
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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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