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 of the PC adventure games which sounded...
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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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Mighty Final Fight

Mighty Final Fight

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 07/93    Genre: Beat em up The end of every console’s life is always bittersweet. In most cases some of the best games in a system’s library release in its twilight years. On the other hand...
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8 Eyes

8 Eyes

Developer: Thinking Rabbit    Publisher: Taxan    Release: 01/90   Genre: Platformer I really wanted to play 8 Eyes when I was young. All I had to go on were a few scant screenshots in my comic books. But that was...
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Cobra Triangle

Cobra Triangle

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 07/89   Genre: Vehicular Combat Sometimes I miss the days when a game could come along and genuinely surprise me. True, I could completely avoid all information on titles that I am even slightly interes...
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Street Fighter 2010

Street Fighter 2010

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Released: 09/90    Genre: Action A year before I had ever heard of Street Fighter I played Street Fighter 2010. It seemed like a fairly innocuous release at the time and I thought nothing of it. Then...
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Shadow of the Ninja

Shadow of the Ninja

Developer: Natsume     Publisher: Natsume     Released: 1990     Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden was a seminal part of the NES library and a revered classic. Like Castlevania before it Ninja Gaiden’s action and pacing were completely unique in its gen...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/92    Genre: Beat em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project is often forgotten among the games in the series. It is easy to see why; as a 1992 release most of...
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Gun-Nac

Gun-Nac

Developer: Compile     Publisher: Ascii    Released: 09/91     Genre: Shooter Zanac was one of the earliest NES shooters I ever played after Gradius. While Konami’s classic my introduction to the modern shooter Zanac felt like the next step with...
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