Xexyz
Developer: Atlus Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 04/90 Genre: Action Xexyz is one of many NES games I always meant to get around to back in the day like Kick Master and Vice: Project Doom. But while I eventually...
Tag: action
The Peace Keepers
Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Release: 03/94 Genre: Beat em up I like the Rushing Beat series. Jaleco’s signature beat em up series did not break new ground in the genre but the games were at least enjoyable despite their...
Double Dragon II – the Revenge (Sega)
Developer: Technos Publisher: PAL Soft Release: 12/20/91 Genre: Beat em up Double Dragon 2 is commonly considered one of the best games in the series. Considering how dire the third game is it is easy to see...
Star Tropics
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 12/90 Genre: Adventure Among all of Nintendo’s intellectual properties Star Tropics is one of the least popular. As a late NES title it released when all eyes were on the imminent SNES release. ...
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Developer: Retro Studios Publisher: Nintendo Release: 11/15/04 Genre: Action Metroid Prime is one of the highest rated games of all time and one of the best transitions from 2d to 3d gameplay. It silenced all critics who were...
Rockman: Power Battle Fighters
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 08/05/04 Genre: Action To this day I still miss arcade games. Part of the thrill of visiting the arcade was seeing games that were technically far ahead of what we had at home. Obviously...
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...
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...
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...
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...