Golden Axe III
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 06/25/93 Genre: Action My love of Golden Axe as a series is an enigma. If we are being honest more than half the titles in the series are mediocre. Yet I still like the...
Tag: action
Robocco Wars
Developer: Pixel Publisher: IGS/Taito Release: 08/02/91 Genre: Action Taito is criminally underrated as a publisher. While many know them for their legendary arcade output like Bubble Bobble and Darius they were also pretty prolific on the home...
New Zealand Story
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 11/12/92 Genre: Action I was a latecomer to New Zealand Story. Despite the massive number of ports I avoided the game for no other reason that I could. But once I gave the...
Day Dreamin’ Davey
Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: HAL Release: 06/92 Genre: Action The latter years of the NES were an embarrassment of riches. With some developers closing in on almost a decade of experience with the hardware some of the all-time bes...
Trampoline Terror
Developer: Masaya Publisher: Dreamworks Release: 1990 Genre: Puzzle Now here is a game I have forgotten about. Trampoline Terror is one of those random games you borrow from a friend when you have exhausted their library. You do...
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 07/30/86 Genre: Action Legend of the Mystical Ninja is one of the greatest hidden gems on the SNES. Konami took a gamble on an extremely Japanese title and the lucky few who gave it...
Gradius V
Developer: Treasure Publisher: Konami Release: 09/14/04 Genre: Shooter For a while in the mid-2000s it looked like Gradius was sent to the graveyard where once popular intellectual properties reside. Aside from the solid Gradius Galaxies ther...
Dynamite Cop
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/02/99 Genre: Beat em up With every passing generation it seems we leave certain genres behind. Shooters were all the rage in the late 80s and early 90s. But with the PlayStation and Saturn...
Battle Arena Toshinden
Developer: Takara Publisher: SCEA Release: 09/09/95 Genre: Fighting Hype. At one point in time or another most of us have fall victim to it. Nowhere is it more evident than at a new system launch. With new technology comes the...
