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December 8, 2023 No Responses

Kūsō Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy

Developer: Amble Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/28/96 Genre: Action RPG Anime licensed games in Japan back in the 16-bit era were usually fighting games or generic platformers. When you need to get a game out as quickly as...

June 21, 2023 No Responses

Ganbare Goemon: Uchuu Kaizoku Akoginzu

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 03/22/96 Genre: Action Being a Ganbare Goemon fan has not been easy. The vast majority of the series never left Japan and even in the age of fan translations it is only in the last...

June 19, 2023 No Responses

Golden Axe: the Duel

Developer: Sega AM1 Publisher: Sega Release: 06/27/96 Genre: Fighting Once the Saturn was released the expectation was that we would receive 32-bit updates to all of Sega’s intellectual properties. Streets of Rage, Vectorman……Sonic. Oh how na...

April 14, 2023 No Responses

Terranigma

Developer: Quintet Publisher: Nintendo Release: 12/19/96 Genre: Action RPG One of the great injustices of the 16-bit era is that Terranigma did not release in the US. It is understandable; as a late 1995 release any localization would take...

February 22, 2023 No Responses

Suikoden

Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Release: 12/28/96 Genre: RPG When it comes to RPGs Konami was not the first name most would point to, at least in the mid-90s. While they had built up a steady reputation for creating...

February 20, 2023 No Responses

Tryrush Deppy

Developer: System Supply N-Tech Publisher: Nihon Create Release: 11/22/96 Genre: Platformer The Saturn was built to be a 2d powerhouse. But sadly it released at a time when the industry was moving to 3d. That meant we...

August 15, 2022 No Responses

Kingdom Grandprix

Developer: Raizing Publisher: Gaga Release: 06/14/96 Genre: Shooter I’ve never been one to heavily import games. Obviously during the 16-bit era it was too expensive to even try but the language barrier was also a factor. But the advent of....

August 12, 2022 No Responses

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

Developer: Neverland Publisher: Natsume Release: 08/31/96 Genre: RPG The SNES was home to many late generation RPG classics like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. While it paled in comparison to what Japan was receiving as late as 1997...

June 20, 2022 No Responses

Shining Wisdom

Developer: Sonic Software Planning Publisher: Working Designs Release: 06/27/96 Genre: Action RPG Sega continually knocks it out of the park with the Shining Force tactical Rpgs. However every time they stray from that genre we end up with mixed re...

May 20, 2022 No Responses

Steam-Heart’s

Developer: Technical Group Laboratory Publisher: Technical Group Laboratory Release: 03/22/96 Genre: Shooter At a glance Steam-Heart’s looks like any other PC Engine shooter with an anime aesthetic. But after about five minutes you will discover its er...

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