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January 1, 2024 No Responses

Marble Madness

Developer: Rare Publisher: Milton Bradley Release: 03/89 Genre: Puzzle There is something to be said about preconceived notions. Once upon a time when I was young I considered myself a strictly action and platform game fan. Sports games? I...

December 25, 2023 one Response

Summer Carnival ’92 Recca

Developer: KID Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 07/17/92 Genre: Shooter Absolutely incredible. That is all I can say. Summer Carnival ’92 Recca is the most technically accomplished game on the NES let alone in the shooter category. In terms of...

December 18, 2023 No Responses

Radia Senki – Reimeihen

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 11/15/91 Genre: Action RPG The action RPG library for the NES in America was a bit light. We received some bangers for sure such as Crystalis, Faxanadu, and Willow but the pickings were slim...

December 11, 2023 No Responses

Flying Dragon – the Secret Scroll

Developer: Culture Brain Publisher: Culture Brain Release: 08/89 Genre: Action Culture Brain is not the first name on my list of best NES publishers. But I will give them credit for coming up with some weirdly ambitious titles. The...

December 4, 2023 No Responses

The Untouchables

Developer: Special Fx Software Publisher: Ocean Release: 07/91 Genre: Action I don’t hate licensed video games just because. I hate them for a variety of reasons. One, because they are usually awful and a waste of your hard...

December 1, 2023 No Responses

Famicom Jump – Hero Retsuden

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 02/15/89 Genre: RPG Weekly Shonen Jump is an institution in Japan. Although there are dozens of manga anthologies in Japan even to this day it still remains the most popular. Their list...

November 27, 2023 No Responses

Youkai Yashiki

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 10/23/87 Genre: Action The Famicom Disk System is a fascinating piece of hardware from a historical perspective. In Japan for a while there it completely overtook the Famicom and nearly all releases...

November 20, 2023 No Responses

Zoda’s Revenge – Star Tropics II

Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 03/15/94 Genre: Action-Adventure Star Tropics is an odd game among Nintendo’s lineup. As a very clear Zelda inspired adventure it was targeted toward the Western audience who might have found ...

November 13, 2023 No Responses

The Goonies

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/21/86 Genre: Platformer What happened to the Goonies I? I am sure I am not alone in wondering that when the Goonies II released in America. Any child of the 80s is familiar with...

November 6, 2023 No Responses

Little Ninja Brothers

Developer: Culture Brain Publisher: Culture Brain Release: 02/91 Genre: Action RPG I miss Culture Brain. I freely admit a lot of their output was downright weird. But their willingness to experiment with genre conventions also yielded some cool...

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