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November 4, 2024 No Responses

Times of Lore

Developer: Origin Publisher: Toho Release: 05/91 Genre: Action RPG Computer RPGs did not fare well on the NES. Much like with adventure games the interface and their general design did not jive well with a controller with few buttons. The...

July 1, 2024 No Responses

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance

Developer: Natsume Publisher: FCI Release: 01/91 Genre: Action-Adventure The Dragonlance series of novels were my first fantasy series growing up. While some kids were fortunate enough to read the Lord of the Rings the adventures of Tanis and.....

June 21, 2024 No Responses

Rainbow Islands – the Story of Bubble Bobble 2

Developer: Disco Publisher: Taito Release: 06/91 Genre: Platformer Bubble Bobble is one of my favorite multiplayer games on the NES. The game is extremely fun with a friend and it also does not hurt that you need two...

April 10, 2024 No Responses

Darkman

Developer: PBN Publisher: Ocean Release: 1991 Genre: Action Ocean Software was a publisher that always seemed to be on the cusp of greatness. As the Acclaim of Europe they often created video games based on licenses that were big...

April 8, 2024 No Responses

Flying Warriors

Developer: Culture Brain Publisher: Culture Brain Release: 02/91 Genre: Action If at first you don’t succeed try again. Flying Dragon was an attempt at distilling a karate movie in 8-bit video game form. It succeeded in some areas but...

March 22, 2024 No Responses

1943 Kai

Developer: Naxat Soft Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 03/22/91 Genre: Shooter I really enjoyed 1943 on the NES. After the disaster that was 1942 I did not expect much its sequel. But Capcom wisely took the game in...

March 13, 2024 No Responses

Metal Stoker

Developer: Sankindo Publisher: Face Release: 07/12/91 Genre: Shooter This one has been a long time coming. I have been interested in Metal Stoker for a long time. The box art is striking and almost gives off the...

March 11, 2024 No Responses

Smash T.V.

Developer: Beam Software Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/91 Genre: Action Smash T.V. is up there as one of the arcade games I spent the most money on. As a dumb 10-year old I was too stupid to realize it...

December 18, 2023 No Responses

Radia Senki – Reimeihen

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 11/15/91 Genre: Action RPG The action RPG library for the NES in America was a bit light. We received some bangers for sure such as Crystalis, Faxanadu, and Willow but the pickings were slim...

December 4, 2023 No Responses

The Untouchables

Developer: Special Fx Software Publisher: Ocean Release: 07/91 Genre: Action I don’t hate licensed video games just because. I hate them for a variety of reasons. One, because they are usually awful and a waste of your hard...

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