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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...

January 3, 2022 No Responses

Dragon Scroll – Yomigaerishi Maryuu

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/4/87 Genre: Action RPG Konami could do no wrong in the 80s. At least that was my prevailing thought as they released hit after hit in almost every genre. One genre they shied away...

December 31, 2021 No Responses

Metroid Prime

Developer: Retro Studios Publisher: Nintendo Release: 11/18/2002 Genre: Action Metroid Prime should not have worked. As Nintendo brought all of their intellectual properties into the third dimension on the N64 Metroid was conspicuously absent. When...

December 29, 2021 No Responses

Silent Hill 2

Developer: Team Silent Publisher: Konami Release: 09/25/01 Genre: Horror Of all of the survival horror titles that followed in the wake of Resident Evil Silent Hill had the biggest impact. Both cerebral and terrifying at the same time...

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