1941: Counter Attack
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 08/23/91 Genre: Shooter I like Capcom’s 19XX series of shooters but can freely admit they did not have the best start. 1942 was decent for its time if a bit simple. Most…
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Ardy Lightfoot
Developer: ASCII Publisher: Titus Released: 02/94 Genre: Platformer It is funny to look back on the mascot craze of the 16-bit era. For some god forsaken reason every publisher felt they needed a mascot. The idea that a smart assed…
Super Turrican 2
Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: Ocean Released: 11/95 Genre: Action The later years of the 16-bit generation were both amazing and disappointing. There were many brilliant games released, some of which rank among the best games of all time. But at…
Mega Man X7
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/14/03 Genre: Action I have played many bad games in the 30+ years I’ve been gaming. And Mega Man X7 is legitimately one of the worst. After the bad reception to the sixth game Capcom…
Mega Man X
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/93 Genre: Action 1992 will forever remain one of my favorite years in gaming. As the first full year of the SNES in the US and the start of the Genesis rise it was…
Contra: Shattered Soldier
Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Released: 10/23/2002 Genre: Action At the end of the PlayStation era Contra as a series was in danger of fading away. What once stood for some of the most bad ass action games on the…
Contra: Hard Corps
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/08/94 Genre: Action Contra Hard Corps is the epitome of the Contra series in many ways and one could argue the best title in the series. If you were speaking of the Japanese version I…
Spotlight: Contra
Its time once again to shine the spotlight on another beloved series. For many of us Contra was the action series of the 80s and 90s. What started out as a decent arcade game became a beloved classic on the…
SD Kidou Senshi Gundam – V Sakusen Shidou
Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 09/12/92 Genre: Action I remember being curious about the innumerable Mobile Suit Gundam games that were advertised in the back of magazines like EGM and Gamefan. They seemed like the coolest games in the world…
Devastator
Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Wolf Team Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Action In America most remember the Sega CD as a wasteland full of terrible FMV games and licensed junk. That is true to an extent but when you dig deeper it…