Tag: action

Werewolf – the Last Warrior
February 24, 2020 No Responses

Werewolf – the Last Warrior

Developer: Data East     Publisher: Data East     Release: November 16, 1990     Genre: Platformer As I revisit the NES library my feelings toward a lot of titles have changed over the years.  There are games like Contra and Mega Man that remain...
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Spanky’s Quest
February 21, 2020 No Responses

Spanky’s Quest

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Natsume    Released: 1992    Genre: Action Spanky’s Quest is a game that I dismissed for years based on its silly name. In my defense I was a stupid teenager so you can imagine what my sense of humor...
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Batman Returns (Genesis)
February 19, 2020 No Responses

Batman Returns (Genesis)

Developer: Malibu Interactive    Publisher: Sega    Released: 1992    Genre: Action Batman 1989 was a phenomenon the likes of which you can’t imagine. To this day few movies can match its marketing blitz. With its success anticipation for Batman Ret...
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Adventures of Dino Riki
February 17, 2020 No Responses

Adventures of Dino Riki

Developer: Hudson Soft     Publisher: Hudson Soft     Released: 1989     Genre: Shooter The Adventures of Dino Riki is a game that I am completely apathetic toward. I do not dislike it like I do the old Wonder Boy games. But I also...
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Cabal
February 10, 2020 No Responses

Cabal

Developer: Rare     Publisher: Milton Bradley    Released: 1990     Genre: Shooter The video game industry’s long love affair with military games will never cease to amaze. We are coming up on sixteen straight years of Call of Duty titles and the ...
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X-Kalibur 2097
February 7, 2020 No Responses

X-Kalibur 2097

Developer: Fupac     Publisher: Activision     Released: 02/94     Genre: Action In the early 90s Activision made a strange push for games that featured techno soundtracks by popular bands. With the advent of the 16-bit systems it was possible to m...
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Burai Fighter
January 17, 2020 one Response

Burai Fighter

Developer: Kid      Publisher: Taxan      Released: 1990      Genre: Shooter Burai Fighter is a game that I had no preconceived notions of. I had never heard of it, nor seen any reviews in gaming magazines at the time. But my family bought...
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Rambo
January 15, 2020 No Responses

Rambo

Developer: Pack-in-Video    Publisher: Acclaim    Released: 05/88    Genre: Action Rambo for NES is commonly accepted as one of the worst games of all time. That is a pretty lofty statement. And you know what? It is true. It really is pretty...
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Dragon’s Fury
January 8, 2020 No Responses

Dragon’s Fury

Developer: Technosoft    Publisher: Tengen    Released: 1992    Genre: Pinball I have always been fascinated by the idea of pinball more than the reality of playing it. Growing up pinball tables were everywhere, featuring any license you could think o...
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Wrath of the Black Manta
January 6, 2020 No Responses

Wrath of the Black Manta

Developer: Kyugo      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1990      Genre: Action I was never particularly fond of Wrath of the Black Manta growing up.  It made no sense too; this was the height of the ninja craze.  You had movies like American Ni...
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