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December 16, 2016 No Responses

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 Virgin carrying...

December 9, 2016 4 Responses

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...

December 2, 2016 No Responses

Super Off Road – The Baja

Developer: Software Creations Publisher: Tradewest Released: 09/93 Genre: Racing Out of all the genres that were active during the 16-bit era racing games are perhaps the hardest to revisit. Polygons finally allowed developers to create the kind...

November 19, 2016 one Response

The Great Battle II – Last Fighter Twin

Developer: Banpresto Publisher: Banpresto Released: 03/27/92 Genre: Beat em up I both love and hate the Great Battle Cyber. This late era Famicom release had everything going for it, from graphics to engaging gameplay. But it completely...

November 11, 2016 4 Responses

Axelay

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 09/92 Genre: Shooter I think it safe to say that the shooting genre had a rough start on the SNES. Don’t get me wrong there were many great games in that initial batch. However you...

November 1, 2016 3 Responses

Magical Pop’n

Developer: Pack-In-Video Publisher: Polestar Co. Released: 03/10/95 Genre: Action As I plumb the import libraries of these old consoles I am continually astounded at the sheer number of hidden gems most have never heard of. You’ll hear plenty ab...

October 25, 2016 5 Responses

Pop’n Twinbee

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 03/26/93 Genre: Shooter I’ve played my fair share of shooters of all stripes. Bullet hell, cute em ups, rail shooters, the list goes on and on. I’ve adapted to some weird mechanics but I...

October 21, 2016 No Responses

7th Saga

Developer: Produce Co. Publisher: Enix Released: 08/03/93 Genre: RPG It was common practice back in the day to make difficulty adjustments when localizing games for western markets. Games were made a bit more challenging for the US and bumped...

October 19, 2016 No Responses

Actraiser

Developer: Quintet Publisher: Enix Release: 11/91 Genre: Action/Simulation Actraiser was one of the first Super Nintendo games I played and probably what really sold me on a SNES. I have fond memories of pouring over its spread in issue...

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