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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...

December 8, 2021 No Responses

Spot Goes to Hollywood

Developer: Eurocom Publisher: Virgin Interactive Release: 11/95 Genre: Action Cool Spot was one of the biggest unexpected surprises of the 16-bit era. By that point almost everyone understood most licensed games were trash and the cynical take...

December 6, 2021 No Responses

Wai Wai World

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 01/14/88 Genre: Action Captain N might have been a cheesy cartoon and not very good (I still love it) but it did show cool a crossover between video game characters could be. While Capcom...

December 1, 2021 No Responses

Metal Slug X

Developer: SNK Publisher: Agetec Released: 04/14/01 Genre: Action Metal Slug was a breath of fresh air within the Neo Geo library. In a sea of fighting games and the occasional shooter a bad ass side scrolling action game...

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