The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle

The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle

Developer: Kemco     Publisher: Kemco Seika    Released: 1989    Genre: Action Licensed games were routinely terrible on the NES. Whether they came from LJN or Activision some of the most beloved movie and cartoon franchises were done dirty in their...
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Mach Rider

Mach Rider

Developer: Nintendo     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: 1986     Genre: Action Mach Rider is a game that I have not thought about in decades. As one of the first NES releases in the US I vaguely remember liking it but as the years...
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Thunder Spirits

Thunder Spirits

Developer: Toshiba EMI    Publisher: Seika     Released: 06/92    Genre: Shooter Multiplatform games between the Sega Genesis, SNES, and to a lesser extent the Turbo Grafx-16 were common. Legions of 2d platformers and fighting games are shared between ...
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Dashin’ Desperadoes

Dashin’ Desperadoes

Developer: Data East     Publisher: Data East     Released: 1993     Genre: Action During the heyday of the mascot platformer Data East were curiously left out. The closest they came were Will and Rick, the stars of Dashin’ Desperadoes and Neo Ge...
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Paperboy

Paperboy

Developer: Atari Inc.     Publisher: Mindscape     Released: 1988     Genre: Arcade I am not ashamed to admit that when I was young being a paperboy seemed like a dream job. First of all they hired kids, which instantly made it appealing. And...
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Death Duel

Death Duel

Developer: Punk Development     Publisher: Razorsoft Inc.    Released: 1992     Genre: Action Let it never be said that crude marketing is not effective. Death Duel caused a little bit of a stir when it released due to its violence and...
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Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1988     Genre: Action I miss the single screen platformer. When games like Pitfall and Super Mario Bros. hit the market this once bedrock of the arcade industry began to disappear. I freely admit...
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Silkworm

Silkworm

Developer: Tecmo     Publisher: American Sammy     Released: June 1990     Genre: Action There is something to be said about preconceived notions. I avoided Silkworm back in the day because the name made it sound like a Millipede spinoff. I have not...
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Realm

Realm

Developer: Flair Software     Publisher: Titus     Released: 1996     Genre: Action Contra III is one of the greatest 2d action games of all time. Konami absolutely knocked it out of the park on their first try on the SNES and few games...
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Robocop vs the Terminator

Robocop vs the Terminator

Developer: Virgin    Publisher: Virgin     Released: 1993     Genre: Action Alien vs Predator. King Kong vs Godzilla. We all love a good mashup. But few go so well together as Robocop vs the Terminator. The comic book series from Dark Horse...
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