Mega Man X6
They just couldn’t leave well enough alone. Mega Man X5 was supposed to be the natural end of the series and directly lead in to Mega Man Zero. But Capcom is going to be Capcom, which means they went back...
Category: PlayStation
Mega Man X5
The amount of restraint Capcom showed with the Mega Man X series on the PlayStation is pretty surprising. For a publisher known for milking their series to death gamers would have to wait nearly four long years for a follow-up...
Mega Man X4
Devloper: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/97 Genre: Action As the 32-bit generation progressed I’ll admit to being a bit dismayed. One by one many of my favorite series were making the move to 3d and the results were painful....
Mega Man X3
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 01/96 Genre: Action Mega Man X3, like many of Capcom’s late SNES titles, was an interesting release. After misreading the market and ending up with surplus copies of Super Street Fighter II they wer...
Azure Dreams
Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Release: 06/30/98 Genre: RPG Konami were on a bit of a hot streak in terms of RPGs on the PlayStation. Suikoden beat the odds and was successful in 1996 while Vandal Hearts was a...
Harmful Park
Developer: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd Publisher: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd Released: 02/14/97 Genre: Shooter By the mid-90s the shooter genre had a problem: there were too many! Whether it was on consoles or especially in the arcade no...
Castlevania Chronicles
Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Release: 10/21 Genre: Action I remember the final years of the PlayStation One as being particularly dreadful. Once Sony stopped giving a damn the flood gates opened with legions of budget titles flooding sto...
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Released: 10/02/97 Genre: Action/Adventure Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is one of the greatest games of all time. Let’s get that out the way right now. In 1997 when everyone was creating 3d games, whe...
Parasite Eve
There was a lot of anticipation for Square’s next releases after Final Fantasy VII. Saga Frontier was interesting but like most of Akitoshi Kawazu’s games was impenetrable to the masses. The fall of 1998 would see a quartet of higher...
Nekketsu Oyako
Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Technosoft Release: 12/03/94 Genre: Beat em up Any serious fan of shooters during the 16-bit era should be familiar with the name Technosoft. These underrated developers created some of the finest gems during that...