River City Ransom

River City Ransom

Developer: Technos Japan    Publisher: American Technos   Released: 01/90   Genre: Beat ’em up River City Ransom is one of the greatest NES games of all time. Many have known this for decades but I am a recent convert....
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Starship Hector

Starship Hector

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Released: 06/90    Genre: Shooter Star Soldier was a big hit on the NES and one of the first big shooter series after Gradius. This was in Japan, where the series became a staple for...
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Batman: the Videogame

Batman: the Videogame

Developer: Sunsoft     Publisher: Sunsoft     Released: 06/91     Genre: Action Sunsoft were indisputably one of the best developers for the NES. Both on a technical and gameplay level they stood head and shoulders above most of their contemporaries...
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Ninja Crusaders

Ninja Crusaders

Developer: NMK Co.    Publisher: American Sammy     Released: 12/90    Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden is one of my favorite NES games of all time. If I were to take count of the games I have spent the most time with Ninja Gaiden...
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NARC

NARC

Developer: Rare     Publisher: Acclaim     Released: 1990    Genre: Action I will forever remember NARC as the game with the aggressive anti-drug message. There is nothing wrong with that of course; it means their message was effective if I still rem...
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Sword of Vermilion

Sword of Vermilion

Developer: Sega AM2     Publisher: Sega     Released: 1990     Genre: RPG Role playing games usually do not show up early in console’s life. They take longer to develop than your typical action game or shooter so require more time. Let’s be...
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Tiger Road

Tiger Road

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: NEC     Released: 1990    Genre: Action As an early adopter of the Turbo Grafx-16 the pickings were slim initially. After the launch period releases were sporadic and unless you liked sports or shooters you were screw...
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Insector-X

Insector-X

Developer: Hot-B    Publisher: Sage’s Creation     Released: 1990    Genre: Shooter For as much as we craved arcade perfection back in the day it was still pretty interesting to see what changes would be made whenever a game was...
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Heavy Unit

Heavy Unit

Developer: Toho     Publisher: Kaneko    Released: 12/26/90     Genre: Shooter It is amazing just how many shooters were released for the Genesis early on. It shouldn’t come as a surprise; the system’s fast processor made porting the latest arcade...
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Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom

Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Released: 1990    Genre: Platformer Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom is an unusual release. As essentially an advertisement for the Disney World theme parks it should be awful. Who wants to play a video g...
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