Tag: action

Space Harrier II
October 17, 2018 No Responses

Space Harrier II

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 08/14/89    Genre: Rail Shooter When the Sega Genesis launched it came out of left field for me. There were not many video game publications at the time and aside from Nintendo Power I read few...
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Ninja Gaiden III: the Ancient Ship of Doom
September 17, 2018 2 Responses

Ninja Gaiden III: the Ancient Ship of Doom

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 08/91   Genre: Action Back in the day it wasn’t uncommon for games to undergo significant changes when coming to different markets. Sometimes these were bug fixes or additions to gameplay. More often th...
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Super Star Wars
September 14, 2018 No Responses

Super Star Wars

Developer: Sculptured Software    Publisher: JVC    Release: 06/01/92   Genre: Action For as popular as the Star Wars license remained after the films left theaters it did not have an easy go of it in video games. The late 80s and...
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Jackie Chan’s Action Kung-Fu
September 10, 2018 No Responses

Jackie Chan’s Action Kung-Fu

Developer: Now Production    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 12/90   Genre: Action For all of Jackie Chan’s success in film his video game “career” has been less than stellar. Over the last few decades there have been close to twenty...
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Alisia Dragoon
September 5, 2018 No Responses

Alisia Dragoon

Developer: Game Arts    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1992    Genre: Action 1992 was a fantastic year for Sega and the Genesis. Fresh off the break out success of Sonic the Hedgehog their development teams cranked out hit after hit. Third parties also.....
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Frankenstein – the Monster Returns
September 3, 2018 No Responses

Frankenstein – the Monster Returns

Developer: Tose   Publisher: Bandai    Release: 1990   Genre: Action I have spent a lot of time making fun of Acclaim and LJN (and rightfully so) but there are a few other publishers who deserve the same level of derision....
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The Firemen
August 31, 2018 No Responses

The Firemen

Developer: Human Entertainment    Publisher: Human Entertainment   Release: 1994    Genre: Action Today we have thousands of games released a year on Steam alone. Yet even with that deluge of content games about firefighting are still rare. Sega gave us....
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Final Zone II
August 29, 2018 No Responses

Final Zone II

Developer: Renovation    Publisher: NEC   Release: 1990   Genre: Action As I delve into the PC Engine CD library I have a newfound appreciation for the system. I was not able to own one back in the day; at $399...
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Fist of the North Star
August 27, 2018 No Responses

Fist of the North Star

Developer: Shouei    Publisher: Taxan    Release: 04/89    Genre: Action I discovered Fist of the North Star at a far too young age. My family had bought a random issue of the Viz single-issue release and the violence and casual nudity blew...
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Super Bomberman
August 24, 2018 No Responses

Super Bomberman

Developer: Produce    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 09/93   Genre: Action I was not a fan of Bomberman initially. The title sounded exotic and I pictured, I don’t know, Bomb Man from Mega Man in an action platformer. Instead I...
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