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February 2, 2022 No Responses

Snow Bros. starring Nick and Tom

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Tengen Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Action Most remember Toaplan for their legendary shooter lineup. To say that they were one of the masters of the genre is an understatement. But they have just as many great...

January 31, 2022 No Responses

Cocoron

Developer: Takeru Publisher: Sur de Wave Release: 05/03/91 Genre: Action Cocoron is the type of game I would have appreciated later in the NES’ life. By the end of its run the NES library was overrun by licensed...

January 28, 2022 No Responses

Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge

Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Release: 12/93 Genre: Action Battle Clash was one of the best reasons to own a Super Scope 6. While most light gun games were cut down arcade ports or simple games Battle Clash was...

January 26, 2022 No Responses

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

Developer: Westone Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Action As much as I find the Wonder Boy lineage and naming scheme confusing as hell I have always appreciated the series ability to change at the drop of a dime. Wonder...

January 17, 2022 No Responses

Superman

Developer: Kotobuki System Co. Publisher: Kemco Release: 12/88 Genre: Action I have been a comic book fan my entire life. With that in mind any video game based on a comic book would get my attention. Unfortunately my...

January 14, 2022 No Responses

Wolfchild

Developer: Core Design Publisher: Virgin Release: 06/93 Genre: Action In the 16-bit era Amiga ports to home consoles were common. Since the Amiga was not as popular in the US I am sure for most this was our only...

January 12, 2022 No Responses

Pac-Land

Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Release: 01/90 Genre: Action Pac-Man has led an interesting life as a video game character. Common sense would say Namco should have created a direct sequel with another set of mazes to follow up such a...

January 10, 2022 No Responses

1943

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/88 Genre: Shooter Capcom and their early NES games had a bad reputation. While most of us have fond memories of games like Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Commando they were riddled with severe performan...

January 7, 2022 No Responses

DoReMi Fantasy: Milon’s DokiDoki Adventure

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 03/22/96 Genre: Platformer Milon’s Secret Castle is one of the worst NES games of all time. It tried many different things and failed at nearly all of them to create an inscrutable...

January 5, 2022 No Responses

Fighting Masters

Developer: Aicom Publisher: Treco Release: 1992 Genre: Action Street Fighter II changed the fighting game genre forever. But it is interesting to look back on the games that came before it. There were many interesting takes on the...

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