Ys – The Vanished Omens

Ys – The Vanished Omens

Developer: Advance Communication   Publisher: Victor    Release: 08/26/88   Genre: Action RPG Even though RPGs had a low profile until the 16-bit and PlayStation there was still a decent selection available for the NES and the Sega Master System....
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Thunder & Lightning

Thunder & Lightning

Developer: Visco   Publisher: Romstar    Release: 12/90   Genre: Action Breakout is a video game classic. Like Tetris the formula is simple yet addicting and has endured for decades. To this day there are still clones of Breakout being released....
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Time Lord

Time Lord

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Milton Bradley    Release: 09/90   Genre: Action Growing up borrowing games was an institution. Unless you were rich you did not receive new games regularly so the only way to experience new releases was to either rent...
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Robocco Wars

Robocco Wars

 Developer: Pixel   Publisher: IGS/Taito   Release: 08/02/91   Genre: Action Taito is criminally underrated as a publisher. While many know them for their legendary arcade output like Bubble Bobble and Darius they were also pretty prolific on the home...
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Day Dreamin’ Davey

Day Dreamin’ Davey

 Developer: Sculptured Software    Publisher: HAL    Release: 06/92   Genre: Action The latter years of the NES were an embarrassment of riches. With some developers closing in on almost a decade of experience with the hardware some of the all-time bes...
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Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū

Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 07/30/86   Genre: Action Legend of the Mystical Ninja is one of the greatest hidden gems on the SNES. Konami took a gamble on an extremely Japanese title and the lucky few who gave it...
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Ai Senshi Nicol

Ai Senshi Nicol

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 04/24/87    Genre: Action Looking back there were surprisingly few top down action games on the NES. For a system that more or less covered every base this one niche is a bit lacking. The ones...
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G.I. Joe: the Atlantis Factor

G.I. Joe: the Atlantis Factor

Developer: KID    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 03/92   Genre: Action As a child of the 80s I remember a time when video games did not have release dates, they simply showed up in stores. With the advent of video game publications...
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Halley Wars

Halley Wars

Developer: Taito   Publisher: Taito   Release: 01/14/89   Genre: Shooter Even as early as the late 80s the shooter genre began to hit a rut. The biggest titles in the genre such as Gradius and R-Type cast a large...
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Dragon Power

Dragon Power

Developer: Tose    Publisher: Bandai    Release: 03/88   Genre: Action The NES is host to a litany of strange titles. With its rapid success, everyone wanted to cash in on it. How else would you explain a Christian game producer...
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