W Ring – the Double Ring

W Ring – the Double Ring

Developer: Naxat Soft   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 09/28/90   Genre: Shooter Video games have always fallen through the cracks. These days the number of games that release daily borders on insanity and it is impossible to keep up....
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Märchen Maze

Märchen Maze

Developer: N.H. System   Publisher: Namco   Release: 12/11/90   Genre: Action When you think about it Alice in Wonderland makes for the perfect backdrop for video games. With its fairy plot of Alice visiting ever stranger worlds it has...
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Strider Hiryu

Strider Hiryu

Developer: Dice Creative   Publisher: NEC    Release: 09/22/94   Genre: Action Strider was an arcade spectacle at release in the late 80s. The combination of Capcom’s art direction and one of the coolest characters in gamedom made a lasting...
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SCI: Special Criminal Investigation

SCI: Special Criminal Investigation

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Release: 01/25/91   Genre: Racing Chase H.Q. was an interesting spin on the “racing” genre. Technically you were still racing against the clock to catch up to your suspect. But the overall goal was not to...
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Rayxanber III

Rayxanber III

Developer: Data West    Publisher: Data West    Released: 06/06/92    Genre: Shooter My anticipation for Rayxanber II was only matched by the crushing disappointment I felt once I played it and found out it was a bad game. So bad in...
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Metamor Jupiter

Metamor Jupiter

Developer: Flight Plan   Publisher: NEC   Release: 01/22/93   Genre: Shooter I am a sucker for anime art. Back in the day when anime was a rare commodity and publishers did everything they could to hide a game’s Japanese...
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Ai Chō Aniki

Ai Chō Aniki

Developer: Bits Laboratory   Publisher: Masaya   Release: 02/24/95   Genre: Shooter Cho Aniki was a strange game that earned a reputation for its homoerotic imagery. What was lost in all the hoopla was the fact that it was a...
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Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire

Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire

Developer: CAProduction   Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 11/24/95   Genre: Shooter The PC Engine has one of the greatest shooter libraries of all time. If you like the genre chances are you will find numerous titles to satisfy your...
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Jigoku Meguri

Jigoku Meguri

Developer: Taito   Publisher: Taito   Release: 08/03/90   Genre: Action Taito were one of the earliest publishers to support the PC Engine in Japan. As such they graced the system with many great arcade ports with Ninja Spirit being...
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SonSon II

SonSon II

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: NEC    Release: 01/27/89   Genre: Action Konami graced the PC Engine with excellent support in Japan. Everyone is aware of Rondo of Blood’s legendary status but they had more to offer with fantastic arcade ports such as...
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