Contra Spirits

Contra Spirits

Developer: Ei-How Yang    Publisher: Hosenkan Electronics    Released: 1997    Genre: Action As a fan of Contra I was shocked to learn of the staggering number of bootleg and unlicensed games in the series created overseas. Most of these games were simply...
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Contra Force

Contra Force

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 1992     Genre: Action Words cannot describe how disappointed I am with Contra Force. When I first saw it in magazines I was excited but could not find it in stores anywhere. Which makes sense a...
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Super C

Super C

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 04/90   Genre: Action It is funny when I look back on my initial impression of Super C. Don’t get me wrong I knew it was great but I did not think it was anything...
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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 game...
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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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