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March 25, 2020 No Responses

Legendary Axe II

Developer: Red, Atlus Publisher: NEC Released: 1990 Genre: Action Legendary Axe was the star of the Turbo Grafx-16 launch lineup. It showed off the hardware and was a good game to boot. I was especially fond of it because it...

March 23, 2020 2 Responses

Little Nemo: the Dream Master

I was always interested in Little Nemo when I was young. The comic book advertisements made it seem like the coolest game in the world to my nine year old self. But it somehow managed to elude me, much like...

March 18, 2020 No Responses

Midnight Resistance

Developer: Data East Publisher: Sega Released: 1991 Genre: Action The Genesis would eventually gain the reputation of being the system for fast paced action games, from Gunstar Heroes to Lightening Force. But early in its life the picki...

March 16, 2020 3 Responses

Predator

Developer: Pack-In-Video Publisher: Activision Released: 1989 Genre: Action We make fun of Acclaim and LJN for their history of terrible licensed games because they deserve it. But in my opinion Activision deserves their share of derisi...

March 13, 2020 2 Responses

Super Buster Bros.

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 10/31/92 Genre: Action Sometimes I am my own worst enemy. By the time the 16-bit era was in full swing I had begun to develop my own tastes. I knew the genres I was into...

March 9, 2020 No Responses

Section Z

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1987 Genre: Shooter As I revisit the games of my childhood I am often surprised how well certain games have held up. Obviously the Legend of Zelda still holds up today but lesser known title...

March 6, 2020 3 Responses

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Developer: Psygnosis Publisher: Sony Imagesoft Released: 1993 Genre: Action Bram Stoker’s Dracula was one of the movie events of the year. Whether the film itself was worth all of that hype is debatable but I digress. Like any popular...

March 2, 2020 No Responses

Cross Fire

Developer: Kyugo Trading Co. Publisher: Sanritsu Release: 11/02/90 Genre: Action I think it is safe to say that Contra is one of the most popular NES games of all time. Literally everyone I knew with an NES growing up had...

February 28, 2020 No Responses

First Samurai

Developer: Vivid Image Publisher: Kemco Released: 1993 Genre: Action, Platformer In my video gaming history the Amiga is a very large blind spot. I was neither from the UK or rich enough to own one so my only exposure to...

February 26, 2020 No Responses

Wardner

Developer: Visco Publisher: Mentrix Software Released: 1991 Genre: Platformer Ghosts ‘n Goblins was a massive hit in the arcade. At a time when companies were not afraid to copy any successful product surprisingly few games were made in that...

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