Contra

Contra

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/88   Genre: Action There is something about that innocent period before video game magazines proliferated the market that I kind of miss. Back in the day before Nintendo Power and EGM you bought games...
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Faxanadu

Faxanadu

Developer: Falcom    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 09/89    Genre: Action RPG Despite public opinion of it becoming mixed over the last decade or so I still like Zelda II. The shift in viewpoint and gameplay turned away many and I will...
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Darkwing Duck

Darkwing Duck

Developer: Capcom      Publisher: Capcom      Released:1992      Genre: Platformer      Platform: NES Darkwing Duck might be my favorite Disney cartoon of all time. Only the Aladdin TV series comes close (it’s a god damn crime it isn’t ...
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Dream Master

Dream Master

Developer: Prism Zone     Publisher: Namco     Released: 09/22/1992    Genre: RPG In Japan there were far too many Dragon Quest clones for the Famicom.  I don’t mean games that were inspired by it; I mean titles that aside from slightly different...
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3-D World Runner

3-D World Runner

Developer: Square     Publisher: Square     Released: 1987     Genre: Action Growing up whenever it was time to buy a new game it was cause for celebration. That is a feeling any gamer can relate to unless you grew up rich, in which...
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Vice: Project Doom

Vice: Project Doom

Developer: Aicom    Publisher: American Sammy    Release: 11/91   Genre: Action I am ashamed to admit I wrote off Vice: Project Doom for a very long time. I thought the box art was lame so I avoided it. At this...
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DuckTales

DuckTales

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 09/90    Genre: Platformer It’s hard to believe DuckTales is Capcom’s first actual Disney game as it really set a high bar. That it turned out so good comes as no surprise; Capcom were on fire...
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Aladdin

Aladdin

Developer: NMS Software    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 1994   Genre: Platformer Aladdin was the movie event of 1992 and with good reason. The film was amazing, both story wise and in its animation. The following year the video game blitz would...
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After Burner

After Burner

Developer: Sega   Publisher: Tengen    Release: 12/89   Genre: Shooter It’s surprising but as early as the mid-80s I was aware of console exclusives. I owned a NES but somehow knew that Sega did not make games for Nintendo and...
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Strider

Strider

To most gamers the word Strider is associated with the incredibly popular arcade game or his turn in Marvel vs Capcom.  For me however my first Strider experience was the NES title.  It would be a few years before I...
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