Mega Man X
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/93 Genre: Action 1992 will forever remain one of my favorite years in gaming. As the first full year of the SNES in the US and the start of the Genesis rise it was...
Category: Snes
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 1992 Genre: Action The start of a new console generation affords publishers the opportunity to test the waters. With so few titles on store shelves gamers are more willing to take a chance on...
Firestriker
Developer: Axes Art Amuse Publisher: DTMC Released: 10/94 Genre: Action I’ve always appreciated the offbeat, weird titles that receive little press but fill out a console library. I like blockbuster games as much as the next man but i...
Gokujou Parodius
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 11/25/94 Genre: Shooter As much as I love Street Fighter I do hate what it inadvertently caused. In the 80s and early 90s arcades were home to a large variety of games in every...
Ranma ½: Hard Battle
Developer: NCS Publisher: DTMC Release: 1992 Genre: Fighting As bad as licensed games have been in the US in Japan they were even worse if you can believe it. With so much anime airing on TV even to...
Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 11/28/91 Genre: Platformer When I step back and analyze why I like Dark Souls so much I think it stems from my love of the Ghouls ‘N Ghosts series. Both series are incredibly punishing...
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 08/16/93 Genre: Platformer I really miss Tiny Toons. Today’s generation really missed out on a brilliant reinvention of the classic Looney Toons characters and their humor. The characters t...
Actraiser 2
Developer: Quintet Publisher: Enix Released: 11/93 Genre: Action The original Actraiser was one of the best early SNES titles as it offered something new in terms of gameplay and while featuring great production values, mostly in terms o...
Kendo Rage
Developer: Affect Publisher: Seta Release: 10/93 Genre: Action Sometimes I wonder how or why certain games were ever localized. For every Castlevania or Mega Man, the types of games a publisher would be fools to leave in...
Castlevania: Dracula X
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 09/95 Genre: Action It was a sad day when Rondo of Blood did not come to the US. It should not have been a surprise; Konami were not a publisher for the Turbo Grafx-16 but...