King of Dragons

King of Dragons

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 04/94   Genre: Beat em up The King of Dragons is an interesting game. It was released not long after Final Fight blew the doors off the genre and a legion of imitators followed. It...
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Hook

Hook

Developer: Ukiyotei     Publisher: Sony Imagesoft     Released: 1992     Genre: Platformer Movie licensed video games were on average absolutely dreadful during the 8 and 16-bit era. Sure you could blame this on the films publishers chose to create...
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Run Saber

Run Saber

Developer: Hori Electric Co.    Publisher: Atlus    Release: 06/08/93    Genre: Action Early on in the Super Nintendo’s life Capcom blessed the system with many arcade ports such as U.N. Squadron, Final Fight, and Super Buster Brothers. All great ti...
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Parodius – Non Sense Fantasy

Parodius – Non Sense Fantasy

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 07/03/92     Genre: Shooter I will forever remain jealous of European gamers for receiving the majority of the Parodius series. As a parody of the otherwise serious Gradius games Parodius could ...
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Super Mario RPG

Super Mario RPG

Developer: Square Enix   Publisher: Nintendo   Release: 05/13/96   Genre: RPG The concept of a Super Mario RPG does not seem strange now considering the Paper Mario series is a modern day staple. But at one point even suggesting such a...
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Rockman & Forte

Rockman & Forte

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 04/24/98   Genre: Platformer It is hard to believe but for a while there Capcom were hesitant to release certain Mega Man titles in the US. This was mostly due to the long lead times...
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Mega Man 7

Mega Man 7

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 09/95    Genre: Platformer If you thought the wait for Mega Man X was bad the continuation of the original series was even worse. By the time of Mega Man 7’s release Mega Man X3...
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Final Fight

Final Fight

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 11/10/91   Genre: Beat em up Final Fight is one of the most popular arcade games of all time. In terms of its relevance it did for beat em ups what Street Fighter did for...
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Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken

Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken

Developer: Graphic Research Company  Publisher: Tomy   Released: 12/16/94   Genre: Action Here in the West the Disney license one publisher would handle their titles per platform. Initially Sega did a fine job churning out gold for their systems with Virg...
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King of Demons (Majyuuou)

King of Demons (Majyuuou)

Developer: KSS    Publisher: KSS    Released: 08/25/95    Genre: Action While we are familiar with Japanese publishers such as Capcom, Konami, and Square Enix over the decades there have been many companies that have flirted with game’s publishing tha...
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