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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The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

Developer: Taito   Publisher: Taito    Release: 12/91   Genre: Action Of all the licensed titles on the NES the Flintstones and Jetsons games from Taito are some of the best. Capcom worked magic with the Disney license yet other publishers...
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The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island

The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island

Developer: Human Entertainment   Publisher: Bandai    Release: 07/90   Genre: Action Bandai and its numerous NES licenses never cease to amaze me. They were sitting on a gold mine in Japan but most of them would never see the light...
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Ripple Island

Ripple Island

Developer: Tokai    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 01/23/88   Genre: Adventure Kemco’s NES ports of the MacVenture point and click games sparked my love of adventure games. But while the pickings were slim for the NES in the West in Japan...
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Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Developer: Winky Soft    Publisher: Seta    Release: 08/89    Genre: Platformer You really have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to license Tom Sawyer for a video game. Licensed titles of all stripes were nothing new for the...
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Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu

Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu

Developer: Joy Van    Publisher: Color Dreams    Release: 1989   Genre: Action I’ve made fun of it long enough, it is about time I explain why Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu is one of the worst games on...
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Batman Returns (NES)

Batman Returns (NES)

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 01/93   Genre: Beat ’em up As the movie event of the year Batman Returns hit every viable platform on the market. Even European PCs received some version of the game. So it stands to...
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The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!

The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Taito    Release: 12/92   Genre: Platformer I grew up on a steady diet of Hanna Barbera reruns from the 60s. In a time before streaming and cable TV being a regular thing those old cartoons were a...
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