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October 24, 2022 No Responses

House of the Dead 2

Developer: CRI Publisher: Sega Release: 09/9/99 Genre: Rail Shooter The House of the Dead was simple in concept yet brilliant in execution. By combining the horror of Resident Evil with the action of a rail shooter Sega created...

October 21, 2022 No Responses

Quake

Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Release: 03/24/98 Genre: Fps The Nintendo 64 library was far from being as diverse as the PlayStation. However that also meant that the genres it specialized in were really good. Aside from racing games...

October 19, 2022 No Responses

RayStorm

Developer: Taito Publisher: Working Designs Release: 09/97 Genre: Shooter Sega’s surprise Saturn launch in the US meant new releases was slow in the early months. Galactic Attack was an early bright spot in that period and managed to stand...

October 10, 2022 No Responses

Metamor Jupiter

Developer: Flight Plan Publisher: NEC Release: 01/22/93 Genre: Shooter I am a sucker for anime art. Back in the day when anime was a rare commodity and publishers did everything they could to hide a game’s Japanese...

October 7, 2022 No Responses

Cool Spot SNES

Developer: Virgin Publisher: Virgin Release: 12/10/93 Genre: Action Cool Spot was one of the most pleasant surprises of the 16-bit era. Virgin were an incredible developer back then, able to churn out excellent original titles as well as lice...

October 3, 2022 No Responses

Gimmick

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 01/31/92 Genre: Action Sunsoft next to Konami and a few others pushed the NES harder than most. Artistically they released stunning titles like Batman and Gremlins 2. Technically they achieved thing...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Pac-Mania

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Tengen Release: 1991 Genre: Action Pac-Man. If you are over the age of 35 chances are you have played some incarnation of Namco’s classic. But while the original arcade game is an indelible...

September 26, 2022 No Responses

Platoon

Developer: Ocean Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 12/88 Genre: Action Platoon was one of the most impenetrable games I tried to play back in the day. In the days where it was common to borrow games without the instruction manual I had...

September 23, 2022 No Responses

Violinist of Hamelin

Developer: Daft Co. Publisher: Enix Release: 09/29/95 Genre: Action To this day I am still amazed at the depth of the SNES library. The games released in the West were great but sheer number of hidden gems...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

Turrican

Developer: Rainbow Arts Publisher: Accolade Release: 06/91 Genre: Action Turrican was an institution in Europe. Some compared it to Contra however the two games are vastly different. With its massive levels ripe for exploration and excellent chip...

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