Out Run (PC Engine)

Out Run (PC Engine)

Developer: Sega   Publisher: NEC Avenue    Release: 12/21/90    Genre: Racing Sega’s ports of their arcade hits on the PC Engine are a curious bunch. One would assume they would keep those games exclusive to bolster the lineup of their own...
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Side Arms Special

Side Arms Special

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: NEC Avenue   Release: 12/15/89   Genre: Shooter Side Arms is the second Turbo Grafx-16 game I ever owned. After suffering with Keith Courage for two months it was a massive relief to finally play something...
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Rabio Lepus Special

Rabio Lepus Special

Developer: Video System Co.    Publisher: Video System Co.    Release: 10/19/90   Genre: Shooter It has been interesting exploring the PC Engine shooter library. While the Star Soldier games received the lion’s share of attention its lineup is far mor...
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Lady Sword

Lady Sword

Developer: Games Express   Publisher: GNN    Release: 07/13/92   Genre: RPG Back in the day unlicensed video games were rarely seen or heard. Usually hailing from China or Korea they were most often terrible in every respect and the...
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Devil’s Crush

Devil’s Crush

Developer: Compile   Publisher: NEC    Release: 10/90   Genre: Pinball Alien Crush alongside Pinball Quest made me a fan of video game pinball. By its nature a video game can never replicate the tactile feeling of pinball table. But they...
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Formation Armed F

Formation Armed F

Developer: Manjyudo   Publisher: Pack-In-Video   Release: 03/23/90   Genre: Shooter I like shooters. I am going by the old school definition of the word, or what we call shmups today. From my early days with Gradius and R-Type to...
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Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective

Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective

Developer: Icom    Publisher: Icom   Release: 1991   Genre: FMV I remember the promise that FMV had back when CDs were first introduced to video games. We were young and dumb and thought we would be controlling our cartoons. Instead...
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Atomic Robo-Kid Special

Atomic Robo-Kid Special

Developer: UPL   Publisher: UPL    Release: 01/19/90   Genre: Shooter In the early years of the Sega Genesis I played almost everything. You were not exactly spoiled for choice pre-Sonic but there were definitely some interesting titles released, especiall...
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Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart

Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart

Developer: Manjyudo    Publisher: I’Max   Release: 01/04/92   Genre: Shooter Well at this point I’ve played both Chou Aniki games for the PC Engine I might as well keep the oddball streak going. Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart...
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Terra Cresta II

Terra Cresta II

Developer: Make Software   Publisher: Nichibutsu    Release: 11/27/92   Genre: Shooter Terra Cresta is a game I thought very little of. It is not a bad game but at the same time it did not stand out. While the...
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