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March 31, 2023 No Responses

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...

March 29, 2023 No Responses

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...

March 24, 2023 No Responses

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...

March 22, 2023 No Responses

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...

March 20, 2023 4 Responses

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...

March 17, 2023 No Responses

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...

March 15, 2023 No Responses

L-Dis

Developer: Dual Publisher: Masaya Release: 04/05/91 Genre: Shooter In the land of video games sometimes you have to something absurd to stand out. The PC Engine has more shooters than you can possibly imagine. To be fair...

March 13, 2023 No Responses

The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 12/91 Genre: Action Of all the licensed titles on the NES the Flintstones and Jetsons games from Taito are some of the best. Capcom worked magic with the Disney license yet other publishers...

March 8, 2023 No Responses

Lords of Thunder Sega CD

Developer: Red/Hudson Soft Publisher: Sega Release: 03/28/95 Genre: Shooter The PC Engine and Sega Genesis share a lot of games, especially shooters. As most of these titles were arcade ports they usually hit both platforms as they...

March 6, 2023 No Responses

The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island

Developer: Human Entertainment Publisher: Bandai Release: 07/90 Genre: Action Bandai and its numerous NES licenses never cease to amaze me. They were sitting on a gold mine in Japan but most of them would never see the light...

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