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November 11, 2019 No Responses

Syd Mead’s Terraforming

Developer: Right Stuff Corp. Publisher: NEC Released: 1993 Genre: Shooter One of the greatest drawbacks of the Turbo Grafx-16’s failure is that we weren’t exposed to the breadth of its library. In Japan the PC Engine CD has a robust...

November 8, 2019 2 Responses

Gargoyle’s Quest 2

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/92 Genre: Action I was not much of a handheld gamer growing up. Money was tight and the choice between buying more games for the console I own and a handheld was an easy one....

October 25, 2019 No Responses

Super Adventure Island

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 04/92 Genre: Platformer I was late in coming around to the Adventure Island series. For some reason I was obsessed with the first game until I played it. That is when I...

October 23, 2019 2 Responses

Shockman

Developer: Winds Publisher: TTI Release: 11/22/92 Genre: Action Toward the end of my Turbo Grafx-16 fanboyism Shockman was one of the last titles I looked to in order to justify owning the system. The Turbo CD/Duo was...

July 31, 2019 No Responses

Psychic Storm

Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: Lasersoft Release: 03/19/92 Genre: Shooter I pride myself on being a well-informed gamer. Back in the days when everyone relied on the back of the box for their purchases I devoured any gaming magazine...

July 5, 2019 one Response

Magic Sword

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 08/92 Genre: Action I loved Magic Sword in the arcade but looking back I can see it for the massive money sink that it is. Arcade games were designed to drain as many quarters as...

May 31, 2019 7 Responses

Super Smash T.V.

Smash T.V. was a phenomenon in the arcade and next to Street Fighter 2 and Turtles in Time is the game I probably poured the most quarters into. It’s easy to see why: the Running Man was a popular movie...

May 24, 2019 No Responses

Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool

Developer: System Vision Publisher: Kaneko Released: 1992 Genre: Action Once upon a time food mascots were popular enough to receive their own video games. And surprisingly some of these games were actually good! Cool Spot is an example of a....

May 6, 2019 one Response

Super Spy Hunter

Developer: Tokai Engineering Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 02/92 Genre: Action Growing up Spy Hunter was the game everyone seemed to have in their library. But here’s the thing: no one liked it. The marketing for that game had to...

April 10, 2019 one Response

Chase H.Q. II

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 06/01/92 Genre: Racing This one is interesting. Chase H.Q. definitely has its roots firmly planted in the Outrun camp. That being said it managed to add its own interesting little twist to that format.....

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