Sqoon
Developer: Home Data Corp. Publisher: Irem Release: 09/87 Genre: Shooter I never played Sqoon growing up. I never saw it at Blockbuster, none of my friends had it, and I never saw any reason to seek it out....
Tag: action
Wario World
Developer: Treasure Publisher: Nintendo Release: 06/23/03 Genre: Action It truly is amazing to see just how far Wario has come as a character. Who would have guessed that the supposed one off villain in Super Mario Land 2 would become...
Doom 64
Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Release: 04/04/97 Genre: Action In the mid-90s Doom was an institution unto itself. It was not the very first fps but it popularized the genre to the point Doom clone became a phrase. And just...
Einhänder
Developer: Square Publisher: SCEA Release: 05/5/98 Genre: Shooter During the 16-bit era Square and RPGs were synonymous. Occasionally they dabbled in other genres like action with Front Mission: Gun Hazard but they largely stuck to their bread...
House of the Dead
Developer: Tantalus Publisher: Sega Release: 03/31/98 Genre: Action Sega built up a stellar track record of great Saturn ports of their arcade games. Considering the Saturn’s messy hardware that they were able to near perfectly replicate gam...
ExoSquad
Developer: Novotrade Publisher: Playmates Release: 1995 Genre: Action ExoSquad was a cartoon I initially ignored in its first run. When the choice is ExoSquad or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the green guys win almost every time. But syndicated r...
Sonic Blast Man II
Developer: ITL Co. Publisher: Taito Release: 11/94 Genre: Beat em up Sonic Blast Man is an underrated brawler in the SNES library. Since it was impossible to convert the gimmicky arcade to the home Taito instead crafted an...
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...
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...
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...