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November 14, 2018 No Responses

Override

Developer: Sting Publisher: Data East Release: 01/08/91 Genre: Shooter Data East and shooters are not three words that go together. While they developed a plethora of awesome top down shooters the traditional shmup from their stable was rare. After playing...

October 26, 2018 one Response

Pilotwings

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/23/91 Genre: Simulation There were many gimmicky titles released early in the Super Nintendo’s life. Mode 7 was the new buzzword and everyone shoved it into their games, sometimes haph...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

Coryoon

Developer: Naxat Soft Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 11/29/91 Genre: Shooter Of the many, many shooters available for the Turbo Grafx-16 Air Zonk is one of my favorites. The combination of insane production values and great mechanics still ra...

October 5, 2018 No Responses

S.C.A.T.

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Natsume Release: 06/91 Genre: Shooter I’ve seen my share of ridiculous video game titles but this one is probably the most tragic. Although S.C.A.T. is an acronym and more than likely flew over the heads of...

October 3, 2018 one Response

Galaxy Force II

Developer: CRI Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Rail Shooter As a fan of arcade games growing up I looked forward to the inevitable home ports. Owning an NES meant that you were used to compromises but it worked...

September 28, 2018 one Response

Lagoon

Developer: Zoom Publisher: Kemco Release: 12/91 Genre: Action RPG When I first read about Lagoon I thought it was an aquatic themed RPG. I mean it is in the name. But I would soon discover that the title is merely...

September 19, 2018 7 Responses

Gaiares

Developer: Telenet Publisher: Renovation Release: 03/91 Genre: Shooter The Sega Genesis diverse lineup of shooters is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand there are some truly awful games in there as you would expect. But...

September 17, 2018 3 Responses

Ninja Gaiden III: the Ancient Ship of Doom

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 08/91 Genre: Action Back in the day it wasn’t uncommon for games to undergo significant changes when coming to different markets. Sometimes these were bug fixes or additions to gameplay. More often th...

September 7, 2018 No Responses

Sinistron

Developer: AlfaSystem Release: IGS Release: 1991 Genre: Shooter Sinistron is a weird one. Although it was released two years after the Turbo Grafx debuted in America it still bore the look of an early release. That is...

September 3, 2018 No Responses

Frankenstein – the Monster Returns

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 1990 Genre: Action I have spent a lot of time making fun of Acclaim and LJN (and rightfully so) but there are a few other publishers who deserve the same level of derision....

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