Mike Tyson’s Punchout!

Mike Tyson’s Punchout!

Developer: Nintendo R&D 3    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 10/87   Genre: Sports Even though Mike Tyson’s Punchout! was one of the earliest Nintendo titles it remains one of its most significant. Not just because of its celebrity endorsement and graphics but...
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Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

Developer: Atlus    Publisher: Sofel    Release: Unreleased    Genre: Action As much as we all loved Disney’s animated films during the early 90s there is a brief window that no one ever talks about. In the mid-80s Filmation, the fine creators of...
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Batman

Batman

Developer: Sunsoft    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 02/90   Genre: Action Movie licensed video games are bad. Even at a young age I knew this was a fact. After suffering through the likes of ET for the Atari 2600, Back to the...
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Mitsume ga Tooru

Mitsume ga Tooru

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Tomy    Released: 07/17/92    Genre: Platformer Capcom, Konami, and to a lesser extent Sunsoft are revered for putting out legendary NES titles. Their reputations are wholly deserved as some of the fondest NES classics...
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Code Name: Viper

Code Name: Viper

Developer: Arc System Works    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 03/90   Genre: Action Capcom were pioneers on the NES, able to balance their output with between arcade conversions and original titles. Even their “ports” to the NES tend to become complet...
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Sugoro Quest

Sugoro Quest

Developer: Technos Japan    Publisher: Technos Japan     Released: June 28, 1991     Genre: RPG Sugoro Quest is the type of game that would definitely have been one of my favorites back in the day.  While my friends wouldn’t give awesome...
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Blaster Master

Blaster Master

Developer: Sunsoft    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 11/88   Genre: Action-Adventure Blaster Master is a game I did not think highly of initially. That more than likely has to do with the terrible Worlds of Power novelization I read beforehand. Talk abo...
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Dr. Chaos

Dr. Chaos

Developer: Marionette    Publisher: FCI    Release: 11/88    Genre: Action There are not many games I have hated within a few minutes of picking up the controller. Dr. Chaos is one of them. I will give it credit for being ambitious. For...
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Bionic Commando

Bionic Commando

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: 12/88     Genre: Action To anyone who had the misfortune of playing the original Bionic Commando arcade game, I am sorry. While the germ of a good idea was there the sloppy execution was its...
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Tetrastar the Fighter

Tetrastar the Fighter

Developer: Home Data Corp.     Publisher: Taito     Released: 05/24/91     Genre: Shooter I can admit to being insanely jealous that Sega Master System owners had a somewhat decent version of Space Harrier. I loved that game in the arcade and would...
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