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October 18, 2019 one Response

Legend

Developer: Arcade Zone Publisher: Seika Release: 04/94 Genre: Beat em up Every platform has games that fly under the radar. Whether it is a lack of marketing, a stealth release or simply being caught in the wake of higher...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

Mickey to Donald: Magical Quest 3

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/08/95 Genre: Platformer Capcom’s Magical Quest series was one of the biggest surprises of the 16-bit era for me. I suppose I should have expected greatness coming off the back of their 8-bi...

October 4, 2019 6 Responses

Donkey Kong Country

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release: 11/21/94 Genre: Platformer Anytime a book about the 16-bit era is written a chapter needs to be written about Donkey Kong Country. Few games have had the impact that Donkey Kong Country had on...

August 30, 2019 No Responses

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn

Developer: Ukiyotei Publisher: Acclaim Release: 10/95 Genre: Beat em up In the mid-90s Spawn was one of the most popular comics on the market. It consistently ranked among the top10 Diamond Comics best sellers list for years. In my opinion...

August 23, 2019 No Responses

Super Chase HQ

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 1993 Genre: Racing As much as I wanted to like the Chase H.Q. games they were a bit too simple for my tastes. “Outrun except you smash cars too” works great in the arcade. But...

August 16, 2019 No Responses

Demon’s Crest

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 11/94 Genre: Action In spite of their crushing difficulty I love the Ghosts ‘n Goblins series. But the series does have a deep, dark, secret. The best games in the series have nothing to do...

August 2, 2019 3 Responses

Super Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: JVC Released: 06/01/93 Genre: Action Super Star Wars was a sensation when it released. For the first time the Star Wars license was an excellent run and gun action platformer. It went on to big critic...

July 26, 2019 one Response

Super Earth Defense Force

Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Release: 1992 Genre: Shooter These days the name Earth Defense Force conjures up images of hordes of insects in janky environments with a suspect frame rate. But before the bug blasting series was conceived Ea...

July 19, 2019 No Responses

Pocky & Rocky 2

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Natsume Release: 1994 Genre: Action The original Pocky & Rocky is one of my favorite SNES surprises. I remember the extremely high reviews but thought it was too silly to take seriously. Then I rented it.....

July 12, 2019 No Responses

Demolition Man

Developer: Alexandria Publisher: Acclaim Release: 1995 Genre: Action Demolition Man was the action blockbuster of 1994. Well, at least one of them. Honestly that was a pretty stellar year for action movies with the likes of True Lies, Speed,.....

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