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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...

December 27, 2021 No Responses

Giga Wing

Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Release: 07/2000 Genre: Shooter As with all genres by the year 2000 the shooter had long since had its time in the sun. While Westerners subsisted on scraps the genre was going through a...

December 24, 2021 No Responses

Chameleon Twist 2

Developer: Japan Supply System Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 04/14/99 Genre: Platformer In the early days of the 3d platformer there were many interesting experiments. Titles like Gex: Enter the Gecko successfully translated the 2d gameplay to ...

December 20, 2021 No Responses

Hyper Duel

Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Technosoft Release: 11/22/96 Genre: Shooter Technosoft were a force to be reckoned with in the shooter genre. It is just a bit sad the greater public did not know this. The Thunder Force series comprise some...

December 17, 2021 No Responses

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble!

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Released: 11/1/1996 Genre: Platformer Donkey Kong Country 3 is an odd release. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island and Donkey Kong Country 2 were a fitting swan song for the SNES before the Nintendo 64 wo...

December 15, 2021 No Responses

Ghostbusters

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Released: Genre: Action The Ghostbusters license did not have a good go of it in America. While the original computer version of David Crane’s title was a legitimately good game most of the subsequent ports w...

December 13, 2021 No Responses

TaleSpin

Developer: Radiance Software Publisher: NEC Released: 1991 Genre: Platformer One of the most perplexing things about the Turbo Grafx-16 library is NEC’s choice of titles they localized. While they brought over gems like Ys Book I & II...

December 10, 2021 No Responses

Rocky Rodent

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 09/93 Genre: Platformer Of all the companies to jump on the mascot platformer craze one of the last I would expect is Irem. The house that R-Type built had a rich arcade lineage they...

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