Category: NES

Cobra Triangle
June 18, 2018 No Responses

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 interested...
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Street Fighter 2010
June 11, 2018 No Responses

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
June 4, 2018 No Responses

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
May 11, 2018 one Response

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
May 9, 2018 2 Responses

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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Holy Diver
May 7, 2018 No Responses

Holy Diver

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Irem    Release: 04/28/89   Genre: Platformer In the land of 2d platformers Castlevania has always been one of the most unique series around. Even to this day there aren’t many games that intentionally gimp their main cha...
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Adventure Island
April 30, 2018 3 Responses

Adventure Island

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 09/88    Genre: Platformer I honestly do not know when my obsession with Adventure Island began. Maybe it was the name; and island full of adventure sounds like the greatest thing in the wor...
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Low G Man
April 23, 2018 No Responses

Low G Man

Developer: KID    Publisher: Taxan    Release: 09/90   Genre: Action We live in an era where we can find footage of new video games at the touch of a button. Not only that many games have betas open to nearly everyone....
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Moon Crystal
April 16, 2018 No Responses

Moon Crystal

Developer: Hect    Publisher: Hect    Released: 08/28/92    Genre: Platformer It is hard to believe that a strong title like Moon Crystal never left Japan. An obscure US publisher named DTMC were set to bring it to the US. I guess...
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Metal Storm
April 9, 2018 one Response

Metal Storm

Developer: Tamtex    Publisher: Irem    Released: 1991    Genre: Action Today when a new game is announced there are innumerable websites that report it, with screenshots and trailers. But back in the day we were not so lucky.  Outside of seeing TV.....
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