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February 21, 2025 No Responses

Beetle Adventure Racing

Developer: Electronic Arts Publisher: EA/Paradigm Release: 03/24/99 Genre: Racing This one has been a long time coming. I remember Beetle Adventure Racing receiving glowing reviews in the games press at the time. But I only played it once...

February 19, 2025 No Responses

Elemental Gearbolt

Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: Working Designs Release: 08/10/98 Genre: Rail Shooter Working Designs, while famous for localizing many a RPG that would have never left Japan, would also publish games spanning a variety of genres. Often their...

February 17, 2025 No Responses

Guardian Heroes

Developer: Treasure Publisher: Sega Release: 04/24/96 Genre: Beat em up Sega had a lot of partnerships with smaller developers in Japan that yielded many underrated classics like Ranger-X and Pulseman. But few were as impressive as Treasure. R...

February 14, 2025 No Responses

Kirby Super Star

Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/96 Genre: Platformer Kirby had a strange start to his SNES adventures. His first outings on the Nintendo’s 16-bit wonder were a puzzle game and strange version of miniature golf. While...

February 12, 2025 No Responses

Metal Dragon

Developer: Kai Magazine Publisher: Kai Magazine Release: 2021 Genre: Action The homebrew scene for the Sega Genesis is nothing short of fascinating. Usually when a platform rides off in to the sunset you never hear from it...

February 10, 2025 No Responses

Parasol Stars: the Story of Bubble Bobble III

Developer: Taito Publisher: Working Designs Release: 10/91 Genre: Action Wow. This one surprised me. Parasol Stars is a game I have been aware of for a very long time but never did get around to. Considering my adoration of the...

January 29, 2025 No Responses

Metal Slug 4

Developer: Mega Enterprise Publisher: Ignition Entertainment Release: 10/28/05 Genre: Action Metal Slug 3 is one of the greatest 2d action games of all time and set a high bar. So how do you follow it up? Simple, you don’t, at...

January 22, 2025 No Responses

Soul of the Samurai

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 1999 Genre: Action When Resident Evil hit it hit big. While it was certainly not the first game to mix 3d characters with polygonal characters it was one of the most notable at...

January 20, 2025 No Responses

Silhouette Mirage

Developer: Treasure Publisher: ESP Release: 09/10/97 Genre: Action No one does it like Treasure. After bursting on the scene with some of the most creative and technically accomplished games on the Genesis many looked forward to what they woul...

January 15, 2025 No Responses

Earthworm Jim 2 (Genesis)

Developer: Shiny Publisher: Playmates Interactive Release: 11/15/95 Genre: Action There were many mascot platformers during the 16-bit era. The vast majority of them failed to make an impression and sadly some of the truly great ones did not a...

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