Total Carnage
Developer: Black Pearl Publisher: Malibu Release: 11/93 Genre: Action I loved Smash T.V., both in the arcade and at home on the SNES. That was in spite of the fact I was terrible at the game until...
Tag: 1993
Batman Returns (NES)
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/93 Genre: Beat ’em up As the movie event of the year Batman Returns hit every viable platform on the market. Even European PCs received some version of the game. So it stands to...
The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!
Developer: Natsume Publisher: Taito Release: 12/92 Genre: Platformer I grew up on a steady diet of Hanna Barbera reruns from the 60s. In a time before streaming and cable TV being a regular thing those old cartoons were a...
Inspector Gadget
Developer: AIM Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 1993 Genre: Platformer Inspector Gadget. Now here is a cartoon I have not thought about in decades. Inspector Gadget was once one of the coolest cartoons of my childhood. The bumbling...
Bubble Bobble Part 2
Developer: ITL Co. Publisher: Taito Release: 08/93 Genre: Action The NES enjoyed a longer life than almost every system on the market save the PlayStation 2. While we enjoyed many a classic with the little grey box it...
After Burner III
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 05/93 Genre: Action I like flight sims, especially flight simulators on console. That is a bit of an oxymoron as the genre excels on the PC but I make no excuse for my preferences....
Metamor Jupiter
Developer: Flight Plan Publisher: NEC Release: 01/22/93 Genre: Shooter I am a sucker for anime art. Back in the day when anime was a rare commodity and publishers did everything they could to hide a game’s Japanese...
Cool Spot SNES
Developer: Virgin Publisher: Virgin Release: 12/10/93 Genre: Action Cool Spot was one of the most pleasant surprises of the 16-bit era. Virgin were an incredible developer back then, able to churn out excellent original titles as well as lice...
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Developer: Natsume Publisher: Banalex Release: 09/23/93 Genre: Action In my early days of emulation it was not uncommon to scroll through a list of roms and try random games just because the name sounded interesting. Sometimes I would...
Ninja Warriors
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Action Taito stumbled on to something great with its triple monitor setup in Darius. For a shooter being able to see enemies coming in advance to plan ahead is a god send....