Tag: 1993

The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!
January 23, 2023 No Responses

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...
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Inspector Gadget
January 6, 2023 No Responses

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...
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Bubble Bobble Part 2
December 12, 2022 No Responses

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...
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After Burner III
November 23, 2022 No Responses

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....
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Metamor Jupiter
October 10, 2022 No Responses

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...
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Cool Spot SNES
October 7, 2022 No Responses

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...
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Ghost Sweeper Mikami
September 9, 2022 No Responses

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...
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Ninja Warriors
September 7, 2022 No Responses

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....
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World Heroes
August 5, 2022 No Responses

World Heroes

Developer: ADK    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 09/93   Genre: Fighting I think its safe to say SNK and the fighting game genre were quite fond of each other. Of the 150 or so Neo Geo games over 50 are fighting...
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Soldiers of Fortune
July 22, 2022 No Responses

Soldiers of Fortune

Developer: The Bitmap Brothers   Publisher: Spectrum Holobyte    Release: 12/93   Genre: Action As someone who lives in the US I was always fascinated by the Amiga. Magazine coverage of its games was sparse but they all seemed interesting. The...
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