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January 8, 2018 No Responses

Rygar

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Released: 07/87 Genre: Action I am sure like myself the NES version of Rygar was the first exposure to the series for many. Like Strider Rygar switched genres, becoming an expansive adventure rather than a straight...

January 1, 2018 4 Responses

The Magic of Scheherazade

Developer: Culture Brain Publisher: Culture Brain Released: 1989 Genre: RPG I never knew what to make of Culture Brain. Where Capcom and Konami had signature brands everyone associated them with as well as arcade ports Culture Brain were ju...

December 25, 2017 one Response

Jackal

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 10/88 Genre: Action Jackal was a game that I had to warm up to. By the time Jackal came out I was familiar with the name Konami and knew to expect quality. But it...

December 18, 2017 5 Responses

Metroid

Developer: Nintendo R & D 1 Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/15/87 Genre: Platformer Metroid has always been a bit of an anomaly in Nintendo’s library. Where I was used to bright and cheery worlds in Nintendo’s games Metroid stood in...

December 11, 2017 2 Responses

Batman: Return of the Joker

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 12/91 Genre: Action Batman for NES was a welcome surprise that no one saw coming. After numerous licensed games that were absolute turds like Back to the Future and Superman Sunsoft showed everyone ...

December 4, 2017 No Responses

Isolated Warrior

Developer: KID Publisher: NTVIC Release: 02/91 Genre: Action If the Isolated Warrior in the title refers to hero Max Maverick and his solo journey, than buddy get in line. This shit has been going on for forty years....

November 10, 2017 No Responses

Cosmic Epsilon

Developer: Home Data Corp Publisher: Asmik Release: 11/24/89 Genre: Rail Shooter I have to admit to being a bit jealous of the Famicom library at times. Make no mistake, the NES had a fantastic library overall, full of classics that...

November 8, 2017 one Response

Ninja Gaiden II – the Dark Sword of Chaos

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 05/90 Genre: Action As much as it frustrates me Ninja Gaiden is still one of my favorite NES games ever. I would not have dumped hundreds of hours mastering it just to reach its...

November 6, 2017 one Response

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release: 09/89 Genre: Beat em up I’ve never really given it much thought but SNK really seemed to love military action games in the 80s. It should not be that surprising considering that particular decade...

October 30, 2017 2 Responses

Double Dragon II – the Revenge

Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: Acclaim Released: 01/90 Genre: Beat em up It’s interesting to look back on the NES library and compare the games that were different from their arcade counterpart. Bionic Commando was a terrible game in t...

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