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...
Tag: action
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...
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...
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 ...
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....
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...
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...
Whomp ‘Em
Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Release: 03/91 Genre: Action ….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...
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...
The Legend of Kage
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 08/87 Genre: Action Growing up in the 80s I had an appreciation for old Kung-Fu flicks and ninja movies thanks to my older brothers. Yes, the English dubs and lip sync were bad but...