G Vector
Developer: Soft Office Publisher: Soft Office Release: 10/16/97 Genre: Shooter For many Virtua Fighter was the star of the Sega Saturn launch. It is easy to see why; it was the first major fighting game in 3d...
Tag: action
Vectorman
Developer: Blue Sky Software Publisher: Sega Release: 10/24/95 Genre: Action Sega of America was one of the most aggressive publishers of the 90s. In addition to localizing their Japanese titles they partnered with many development teams across ...
Ai Senshi Nicol
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 04/24/87 Genre: Action Looking back there were surprisingly few top down action games on the NES. For a system that more or less covered every base this one niche is a bit lacking. The ones...
G.I. Joe: the Atlantis Factor
Developer: KID Publisher: Capcom Release: 03/92 Genre: Action As a child of the 80s I remember a time when video games did not have release dates, they simply showed up in stores. With the advent of video game publications...
Beauty and the Beast
Developer: Probe Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 1994 Genre: Action Beauty and the Beast, like nearly all of Disney’s legendary animated films from the 90s, saw its fair share of licensed titles. But unlike the likes of Aladdin and...
Sword of Sodan
Developer: Innerprise Software Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: 1990 Genre: Action Bad game reviews are some of the fastest to write. When a game is awful there is a lot to say and the words flow judiciously. The...
Double Dragon 2 – the Revenge
Developer: Kid Co. Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Beat em up My initial exposure to Double Dragon 2 was the brilliant NES version which was essentially a remake. I did not play the arcade game until...
Socket
Developer: Vik Tokai Publisher: Vik Tokai Release: 08/17/93 Genre: Platformer In the video game industry one of the easiest paths to success is to copy the most popular game at the time. Super Mario Brothers had its moment and...
Dragon Power
Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 03/88 Genre: Action The NES is host to a litany of strange titles. With its rapid success, everyone wanted to cash in on it. How else would you explain a Christian game producer...
Edono Kiba
Developer: Riot Publisher: Micro World Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi made me a fan of ninja action games. While Sega received the lion’s share of attention thanks to the quality of the Genesis Shinobi...