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September 2, 2024 No Responses

Alien 3

Developer: Probe Publisher: LJN Release: 03/93 Genre: Action-Adventure Alien 3 was an incredibly disappointing movie that failed to uphold the sterling reputation of its predecessors. The numerous production issues certainly contributed to its lack of quality. But...

April 29, 2024 No Responses

WWF Wrestlemania Challenge

Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim Release: 11/90 Genre: Wrestling Wrestling games on the NES had an awesome start with Pro Wrestling but went downhill from there for years. WWF Wrestlemania should have been a bright spot as the first official...

March 11, 2024 No Responses

Smash T.V.

Developer: Beam Software Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/91 Genre: Action Smash T.V. is up there as one of the arcade games I spent the most money on. As a dumb 10-year old I was too stupid to realize it...

March 4, 2024 No Responses

Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister SIx

Developer: Bits Studios Publisher: Acclaim Release: 10/92 Genre: Action This one hurts folks. As the Spider-Man games began to roll out on the 16-bit platforms I was jealous. I was still the sole owner of a NES at...

January 8, 2024 No Responses

Cybernoid

Developer: Studio 12 Publisher: Acclaim Release: 1989 Genre: Action Back in the day games were made more difficult when brought overseas. Sometimes this was a good thing as a little extra challenge would make an already solid...

December 20, 2023 No Responses

Mortal Kombat

Developer: Probe Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/13/93 Genre: Fighting Street Fighter 2 is one of the most influential games of all time, not to mention the impact it had on the fighting game genre. Like Super Mario Bros. and Double...

January 16, 2023 No Responses

The Simpsons: Bartman meets Radioactive Man

Developer: Imagineering Inc. Publisher: Acclaim Release:12/92 Genre: Action When the Simpsons hit they hit big. And with any popular property the licensed tie-ins came fast. While a lot of us were excited for the Simpsons video games as the years...

January 9, 2023 No Responses

Winter Games

Developer: Action Graphics Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/87 Genre: Sports To this day I still remember my crushing disappointment with Winter Games. Fresh off of the NES port of Track and Field and the wild Summer I spent...

December 19, 2022 No Responses

WWF Wrestlemania

Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim Release: 02/89 Genre: Sports As an early adopter of the NES you eventually became use to disappointment. While the early years were full of wide eyed promise as games began to explore new genres eventually...

May 16, 2022 No Responses

The Simpsons: Bart vs the World

Developer: Imagineering Publisher: Acclaim Release: 12/91 Genre: Action They sure didn’t waste any time with that license did they? Once Acclaim/LJN got a hold of the Simpsons license the stream of games was sure to follow. But I...

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