Nexzr
Developer: Inter State Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 12/11/92 Genre: Shooter It is inevitable. When you have so many shooters on one platform eventually they will start to blend together. It does not help that most are content…
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Aero the Acrobat
Developer: Iguana Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 10/12/93 Genre: Platformer Sunsoft were a powerhouse on the NES and one of its best developers. They made that hardware sing like few others and are one of the reasons why the NES…
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 02/08/91 Genre: Adventure Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom is one of the strangest NES games. As the system gained popularity worldwide it is natural that publishers would try and localize…
Secret of Mana
Developer: Squaresoft Publisher: Squaresoft Release: 10/93 Genre: Action RPG Next to Lunar: Eternal Blue for Sega CD Secret of Mana was my white whale, a game I coveted but seemed to slip through my grasp time and time…
Jim Power – The Lost Dimension in 3D
Developer: Loriciel Publisher: Electro Brain Release: 1993 Genre: Action Jim Power is one of the most frustrating games I have ever played in my life. That says a lot as I am 41 years old but it is true….
Giga Wing
Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Release: 07/2000 Genre: Shooter As with all genres by the year 2000 the shooter had long since had its time in the sun. While Westerners subsisted on scraps the genre was going through a…
Time Slip
Developer: The Sales Curve Publisher: Vik Tokai Released: 1993 Genre: Action Contra III is one of my favorite action games of all time. For an early SNES title it held up brilliantly throughout that generation and remains…
R-Type Delta
Developer: Irem Publisher: Agetec Released: July 31, 1999 Genre: Shooter I loved the shooter genre from the 8 to 16-bit era. But around the time the PlayStation and Saturn were released the genre started to lose me. Not because of…
Keio Flying Squadron
Developer: Victor Entertainment Publisher: JVC Released: 1994 Genre: Shooter Keio Flying Squadron is an odd game. This is the type of title that would typically stay in Japan as its humor and theme are completely foreign to westerners….
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
Developer: Tengen Publisher: Tengen Released: 1993 Genre: Platformer Someday someone will write a book about the mascot platformer wars of the early 90s. No farm animal was safe as the video game industry looked for anything to give them a…