Mamono Hunter Yohko

Mamono Hunter Yohko

Developer: Klon    Publisher: NCS    Release: 03/22/91    Genre: Action Mamono Hunter Yohko (or Devil Hunter Yohko as it is known in the West) is an anime I always wanted to watch but never got around to. It ticked all the...
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Little Ninja Brothers

Little Ninja Brothers

Developer: Culture Brain   Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 02/91   Genre: Action RPG I miss Culture Brain. I freely admit a lot of their output was downright weird. But their willingness to experiment with genre conventions also yielded some cool...
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Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

Developer: Hudson Soft   Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 02/08/91   Genre: Adventure Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom is one of the strangest NES games. As the system gained popularity worldwide it is natural that publishers would try and localize....
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Ys III: Wanderer’s from Ys (Famicom)

Ys III: Wanderer’s from Ys (Famicom)

Developer: Advance Communication    Publisher: Victor    Release: 09/27/91   Genre: Action RPG Ys III should have been an easy home run. While the previous games were simple and accessible their combat system was not the greatest. Charging in to enemies....
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Ys III: Wanderer’s from Ys (Turbo Grafx-16)

Ys III: Wanderer’s from Ys (Turbo Grafx-16)

Developer: Alfa System   Publisher: NEC    Release: 11/91    Genre: Action RPG Even though many hate Zelda II I loved it. Back then there were no expectations placed on video games so we accepted that a sequel could be completely different...
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Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (Genesis)

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (Genesis)

Developer: Riot   Publisher: Renovation   Release: 1991   Genre: Action RPG Ys III is the redheaded stepchild of the series. As the only title in the series that deviated from the overhead view and bump combat for the longest...
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Final Soldier

Final Soldier

Developer: Now Production   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Release: 07/05/91   Genre: Shooter I never liked the Star Soldier games on the NES. With far superior competition in the form of Zanac, Life Force, and Gun-Nac they were simply too...
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Robocco Wars

Robocco Wars

 Developer: Pixel   Publisher: IGS/Taito   Release: 08/02/91   Genre: Action Taito is criminally underrated as a publisher. While many know them for their legendary arcade output like Bubble Bobble and Darius they were also pretty prolific on the home...
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L-Dis

L-Dis

Developer: Dual   Publisher: Masaya   Release: 04/05/91   Genre: Shooter In the land of video games sometimes you have to something absurd to stand out. The PC Engine has more shooters than you can possibly imagine. To be fair...
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The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

Developer:    Publisher: Taito    Release: 12/91   Genre: Action Of all the licensed titles on the NES the Flintstones and Jetsons games from Taito are some of the best. Capcom worked magic with the Disney license yet other publishers were not...
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