Tag: action

Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti
April 8, 2019 No Responses

Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti

Developer: Now Production   Publisher: Namco   Release: 07/31/89   Genre: Action While it may seem quaint now Splatterhouse was a significant landmark in the arcades. Its gore and Friday the 13th inspired protagonist were unheard of at the time and ensured that...
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Super Thunder Blade
March 27, 2019 3 Responses

Super Thunder Blade

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 08/14/89   Genre: Action I have a confession to make: I’m not a big fan of games with helicopters. It is a very petty mindset, but I can’t help it. Maybe it is...
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Kick Master
March 18, 2019 3 Responses

Kick Master

Developer: KID      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1992      Genre: Action Toward the end of the NES’ life cycle when everyone else had moved on Taito levelled up. I liked Power Blade as much as the next man but before that they were...
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Rygar – the Legendary Adventure
February 27, 2019 No Responses

Rygar – the Legendary Adventure

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 12/2/02   Genre: Action Rygar – the Legendary Adventure was the surprise of the decade in 2002. I’m sure many like myself resigned the series to the forgotten IP heaven in the sky like other...
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Rocket Knight Adventures
February 13, 2019 No Responses

Rocket Knight Adventures

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/05/93   Genre: Platformer When Konami first began publishing Genesis titles the initial batch was not that impressive. Sunset Riders was a compromised port and the Hyperstone Heist couldn’t decide ...
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Demon Sword
February 4, 2019 2 Responses

Demon Sword

Developer: Tose    Publisher: Taito    Release: 01/90    Genre: Action The Legend of Kage. I never liked the Legend of Kage. Considering my love for old Kung-Fu movies with their aerial hijinks it should have been a shoe in to my tastes....
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Cacoma Knight in Bizyland
February 1, 2019 No Responses

Cacoma Knight in Bizyland

Developer: Affect    Publisher: Seta    Release: 1993   Genre: Puzzle Taito’s Qix is one of the few Gameboy games I played at release. I never owned the handheld myself but appreciated it from afar. Qix, much like Tetris seemed tailor made...
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X-Men
January 23, 2019 No Responses

X-Men

Developer: Western Technologies    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1993    Genre: Action The X-Men had a, how shall we say, “Rough start” when it comes to video games. Their NES outing is one of the worst games of all time. I have reviewed...
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Whomp ‘Em
January 21, 2019 No Responses

Whomp ‘Em

….Someone out there is probably way too proud of that title to this day.  Offensive title aside Whomp ‘Em is a game that I actively avoided for no good reason.  Maybe it was the goofy name, maybe it was the...
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Bloody Wolf
January 16, 2019 No Responses

Bloody Wolf

Developer: Data East    Publisher: NEC   Release: 1989    Genre: Action There are many things I appreciate about the Turbo Grafx-16 library. As a shooter fan there was an embarrassment of riches. Some might even say there were too...
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