Snes Archives – Page 17 of 27

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 4 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,.....

July 5, 2019 one Response

Magic Sword

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 08/92 Genre: Action I loved Magic Sword in the arcade but looking back I can see it for the massive money sink that it is. Arcade games were designed to drain as many quarters as...

June 14, 2019 one Response

Melfand Stories

Developer: Sting Publisher: Ascii Release: 03/25/94 Genre: Beat em up The Super Famicom library never ceases to amaze me. Even now, decades after its last release, I am still discovering plenty of hidden gems in its lineup....

May 31, 2019 7 Responses

Super Smash T.V.

Smash T.V. was a phenomenon in the arcade and next to Street Fighter 2 and Turtles in Time is the game I probably poured the most quarters into. It’s easy to see why: the Running Man was a popular movie...

May 24, 2019 No Responses

Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool

Developer: System Vision Publisher: Kaneko Released: 1992 Genre: Action Once upon a time food mascots were popular enough to receive their own video games. And surprisingly some of these games were actually good! Cool Spot is an example of a....

May 17, 2019 one Response

Brawl Brothers

Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Release: 1993 Genre: Beat em up In spite of how generic it was I still kind of liked Rival Turf. It was as blatant a Final Fight clone as possible but it still had charm....

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