Gokujou Parodius

Gokujou Parodius

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 11/25/94    Genre: Shooter As much as I love Street Fighter I do hate what it inadvertently caused. In the 80s and early 90s arcades were home to a large variety of games in every...
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Snatcher

Snatcher

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Released: 1994   Genre: Adventure It is interesting to look at the landscape of the visual novel market now.  If you are a fan of the genre there are more games than you can play in...
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Castlevania: Bloodlines

Castlevania: Bloodlines

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 03/17/94     Genre: Platformer Konami were one of the last major publishers to come to the Genesis but did so in grand fashion. Aside from new IP like Rocket Knight Adventures they also produced...
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Contra: Hard Corps

Contra: Hard Corps

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/08/94  Genre: Action Contra Hard Corps is the epitome of the Contra series in many ways and one could argue the best title in the series. If you were speaking of the Japanese version I...
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Aladdin

Aladdin

Developer: NMS Software    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 1994   Genre: Platformer Aladdin was the movie event of 1992 and with good reason. The film was amazing, both story wise and in its animation. The following year the video game blitz would...
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Sunset Riders

Sunset Riders

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 06/08/93    Genre: Action Contra III is one of my favorite action games of all time. It holds up surprisingly well for an early SNES title and considering their later work on the system I...
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King of Dragons

King of Dragons

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 04/94   Genre: Beat em up The King of Dragons is an interesting game. It was released not long after Final Fight blew the doors off the genre and a legion of imitators followed. It...
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Mega Man: The Wily Wars

Mega Man: The Wily Wars

Developer: Minakuchi Engineering    Publisher: Sega    Release: 05/23/97   Genre: Action Going into 1993 Sega had built up a tremendous amount of momentum due to their success with Sonic the Hedgehog 2. That led to more third parties hopping on board......
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Mega Man 6

Mega Man 6

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Nintendo    Released: 03/94    Genre: Platformer Mega Man 6 holds the distinction of being one of the last Nintendo games in the US, coming well into the Super Nintendo’s life. I don’t think it’s a stretch to...
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Shadowrun

Shadowrun

Developer: BlueSky Software    Publisher: Sega    Release: 03/94   Genre: Action RPG Words cannot express how much I love the Shadowrun universe and cyberpunk in general.  I have never had the chance to play the pen & paper game but have...
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