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May 24, 2019 No Responses

Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool

Developer: System Vision Publisher: Kaneko Released: 1992 Genre: Action Once upon a time food mascots were popular enough to receive their own video games. And surprisingly some of these games were actually good! Cool Spot is an example of a...

May 22, 2019 3 Responses

Dynamite Duke

Developer: Seibu Kaihatsu Publisher: Sega Release: 12/90 Genre: Action Of the early Sega Genesis lineup Dynamite Duke was the last game I got around to. They say do not judge a book by its cover but that is precisely...

May 13, 2019 one Response

Ikari Warriors

Developer: Micronics Publisher: SNK Release: 05/87 Genre: Action Sometimes I miss the big dumb action movie phase of the 1980s. I will fully admit that most of those films were not good upon closer inspection. But they were at least...

May 6, 2019 one Response

Super Spy Hunter

Developer: Tokai Engineering Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 02/92 Genre: Action Growing up Spy Hunter was the game everyone seemed to have in their library. But here’s the thing: no one liked it. The marketing for that game had to...

May 3, 2019 No Responses

Kaizō Choujin Shubibinman

Developer: Winds Publisher: NCS Release: 03/18/89 Genre: Platformer I’ve always been interested in the Shubibinman series since seeing import screenshots in EGM. The early days of the Turbo Grafx had a lot of promise before reality came cru...

April 24, 2019 No Responses

X-Men 2: the Clone Wars

I wanted to really like Sega’s X-Men but it had far too many flaws. Between the limited roster, spotty hit detection, restrictive mutant power system, and ridiculous difficulty that game had problems. But I’ll be god damned if the production...

April 22, 2019 No Responses

Rush ‘n Attack

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 04/87 Genre: Action Konami wins the award for the cleverest title. I was too young when Rush ‘n Attack released to get the clever wording of the title and what it meant. All I...

April 19, 2019 one Response

Wild Guns

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Natsume Released: July 1995 Genre: Action I like Harvest Moon as much as the next man but I remember a different Natsume. At one point in time Natsume put out action games that competed with the likes...

April 17, 2019 one Response

Renny Blaster

Developer: J-Force Publisher: NEC Release: 06/23/95 Genre: Action It is not easy being a fan of a failing system. By 1993 I knew it was over for the Turbo Grafx-16 even in spite of the Turbo Duo’s release. But some...

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 ensur...

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