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November 8, 2021 No Responses

Milon’s Secret Castle

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: September 1988 Genre: Platformer The things we put up with for entertainment. Once upon a time Milon’s Secret Castle was one of a few NES games that I owned. Having finished all my...

November 5, 2021 No Responses

Time Slip

Developer: The Sales Curve Publisher: Vik Tokai Released: 1993 Genre: Action Contra III is one of my favorite action games of all time. For an early SNES title it held up brilliantly throughout that generation and remains...

November 3, 2021 No Responses

Gain Ground

Developer: Sega Publisher: Renovation Released: January 2, 1991 Genre: Action Of all of Sega’s many arcade ports to the Genesis I avoided Gain Ground for no reason. Call it bias or a misunderstanding but one look at screenshots...

November 1, 2021 No Responses

Spartan X 2

Developer: Tamtex Publisher: Irem Released: 09/27/91 Genre: Action Kung-Fu was one of my first NES games. I’m pretty sure I am not alone in that either. As an early adopter it was slim pickings for the first...

October 29, 2021 No Responses

Dragon’s Lair 3D: Return to the Lair

Developer: Dragonstone Software Publisher: Ubi Soft Released: 12/22/02 Genre: Action Seeing Dragon’s Lair in the arcade back in the 80s is one of the biggest mind blowing experiences of my childhood. I remember thinking it can’t get any b...

October 28, 2021 No Responses

The Bouncer

Developer: Dream Factory Publisher: Squaresoft Released: March 6, 2001 Genre: Beat ’em up The PS One completely dominated the market during the 32-bit era thanks to the cheap costs of CDs and great third party support. No third party...

October 25, 2021 No Responses

Super Magnetic Neo

Developer: Genki Publisher: Crave Released: June 12, 2000 Genre: Platformer Sonic Adventure set a high bar for platformers on the Dreamcast. Say what you will about the game’s ultimate quality but no one can deny the sheer spectacle o...

October 20, 2021 No Responses

Tail Concerto

Developer: CyberConnect Publisher: Atlus Released: November 6, 1999 Genre: Action Super Mario 64 was the spark that changed the 3d platformer. While Jumping Flash and (heh) Croc were available they were nothing compared to Nintendo’s m...

October 15, 2021 No Responses

Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijūrokubē no Karakuri Manji Gatame

Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Released: 12/16/94 Genre: Action Konami refusing to localize the Ganbare Goemon Super Famicom sequels has always hit pretty hard. Legend of the Mystical Ninja left an indelible impression on anyone fortu...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

Earthworm Jim

Developer: Shiny Entertainment Publisher: Playmates Released: October 1994 Genre: Action During the 8 and 16-bit era the best 2d platformers came from Japan. From Mario to Sonic to Mega Man if you were into the genre chances are a...

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