Cyber Core
Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter I freely admit that I did not give Cyber Core a chance back in the day. The box art did it no favors but you can say that about almost all...
Category: Turbo Grafx-16
Parasol Stars: the Story of Bubble Bobble III
Developer: Taito Publisher: Working Designs Release: 10/91 Genre: Action Wow. This one surprised me. Parasol Stars is a game I have been aware of for a very long time but never did get around to. Considering my adoration of the...
Shiryō Sensen: War of the Dead
Developer: Fun Project Publisher: Victor Interactive Release: 03/24/89 Genre: Action RPG Action RPGs were few and far between on the Turbo Grafx-16, both in the US and Japan. At least this applies to the Hucard format. Most of the best...
Avenger
Developer: Laser Soft Publisher: Telenet Release: 12/07/90 Genre: Shooter Telenet were one of the most prolific developers of CD games in the late 80s/early 90s. While they aggressively supported the Sega Genesis and to an extent the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...