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June 17, 2024 No Responses

Spelunker II: Yūsha e no Chōsen

Developer: Now Production Publisher: Irem Release: 09/18/87 Genre: Action Spelunker is one of the most frustrating and annoying NES games of all time. I am ashamed to say I spent far more hours playing it than I...

January 22, 2024 No Responses

Solomon’s Key

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 07/22/87 Genre: Puzzle Solomon’s Key is an example of a game that grew on me over time. When it initially released I was maybe too young to appreciate the depth of its mechanics. The...

January 19, 2024 No Responses

Magnum Kiki Ippatsu: Empire City: 1931

Developer: I.S.I. Publisher: Toshiba EMI Release: 12/15/87 Genre: Rail Shooter I like rail shooters. Ever since Space Harrier on the Master System made me jealous of my friends who owned the system I have chased that high. But...

November 27, 2023 No Responses

Youkai Yashiki

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 10/23/87 Genre: Action The Famicom Disk System is a fascinating piece of hardware from a historical perspective. In Japan for a while there it completely overtook the Famicom and nearly all releases...

October 9, 2023 No Responses

Falsion

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 10/21/87 Genre: Shooter Space Harrier left its mark on the rail shooter genre. Its influence was so great that it inspired many clones on the Famicom, even after it hit the system itself miraculously....

April 7, 2023 No Responses

Ai Senshi Nicol

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 04/24/87 Genre: Action Looking back there were surprisingly few top down action games on the NES. For a system that more or less covered every base this one niche is a bit lacking. The ones...

January 9, 2023 No Responses

Winter Games

Developer: Action Graphics Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/87 Genre: Sports To this day I still remember my crushing disappointment with Winter Games. Fresh off of the NES port of Track and Field and the wild Summer I spent...

January 2, 2023 No Responses

Zombie Hunter

Developer: Hi-Score Media Publisher: Hi-Score Media Release: 07/03/87 Genre: Action I remember looking forward to Activision’s Zombie Master based on nothing more than the cover and descriptive text in its ads. The box art looked totally bad ass...

December 16, 2022 No Responses

Esper Dream

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/20/87 Genre: RPG Konami were a force to be reckoned with during the 8-bit era. Next to Capcom they were one of the most versatile developers on the system. But even considering their enormous...

September 5, 2022 No Responses

Spelunker

Developer: Tose Publisher: Broderbund Release: 09/87 Genre: Action Spelunker is one of the most frustrating video games I have ever played in my near forty year gaming career. There are many NES titles that are outright broken or...

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