Starship Hector

Starship Hector

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Released: June 1990    Genre: Shooter Star Soldier was a big hit on the NES and one of the first big shooter series after Gradius. This was in Japan, where the series became a staple...
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Browning

Browning

Developer: Riot    Publisher: Telenet Japan    Released: February 7, 1992    Genre: Action The PC Engine CD has an extensive library rife with great games that were never localized. Now let’s be clear, a good many of them are...
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Batman: the Videogame

Batman: the Videogame

Developer: Sunsoft     Publisher: Sunsoft     Released: 06/91     Genre: Action Sunsoft were indisputably one of the best developers for the NES. Both on a technical and gameplay level they stood head and shoulders above most of their contemporaries...
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King’s Knight

King’s Knight

Developer: Square/Workss    Publisher: Square    Released: 09/89    Genre: Action Square Enix is the Japanese role-playing game powerhouse in Japan. It is a reputation that is well deserved as they put in the work over these last thirty years to...
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Onimusha: Warlords

Onimusha: Warlords

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Released: 03/14/01    Genre: Action                                         Also On: PS2, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC The PlayStation 2 had a whopping 26 games at its launc...
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Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal

Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal

Developer: Realtime Associates    Publisher: Acclaim     Released: 10/09/96    Genre: Action In the early to mid-90s it was hard being a fan of comic book video games. In the arcade Sega, Capcom, and Konami were creating gems. But at home...
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Christmas Nights into Dreams

Christmas Nights into Dreams

Developer: Sonic Team     Publisher: Sega     Released: 12/12/96    Genre: Action In spite of their rocky history at times Sega has always cared about its fans. When the Genesis took off in the US Sega of America were extremely aggressive about...
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Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu

Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu

Developer: KCET    Publisher: Konami    Released: 12/22/93    Genre: Action Legend of the Mystical Ninja was one of the best early SNES game. In my opinion it is also one of the best in the system’s library. Although it was not...
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Iga Ninden Gaiou

Iga Ninden Gaiou

Developer: Cream    Publisher: Nihon Bussan Co.   Released: 12/10/93    Genre: Action The end of the PC Engine’s life in Japan saw something of a ninja action renaissance. Ninja Spirit was an excellent arcade port early on but there...
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Ufouria: the Saga

Ufouria: the Saga

Developer: Sunsoft     Publisher: Sunsoft     Released: September 20, 1991     Genre: Action In the days before the internet we had to rely on video game magazines for all of our news. While the information was usually out of date their previews of...
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