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February 9, 2024 No Responses

Alfred Chicken

Developer: Twilight Publisher: Mindscape Release: 02/94 Genre: Platformer Alfred Chicken. For such an obscure title it received heavy print advertising back in the day. I could not turn a page in a magazine without seeing his big stupid...

January 19, 2024 No Responses

Magnum Kiki Ippatsu: Empire City: 1931

Developer: I.S.I. Publisher: Toshiba EMI Release: 12/15/87 Genre: Rail Shooter I like rail shooters. Ever since Space Harrier on the Master System made me jealous of my friends who owned the system I have chased that high. But...

January 8, 2024 No Responses

Cybernoid

Developer: Studio 12 Publisher: Acclaim Release: 1989 Genre: Action Back in the day games were made more difficult when brought overseas. Sometimes this was a good thing as a little extra challenge would make an already solid...

January 1, 2024 No Responses

Marble Madness

Developer: Rare Publisher: Milton Bradley Release: 03/89 Genre: Puzzle There is something to be said about preconceived notions. Once upon a time when I was young I considered myself a strictly action and platform game fan. Sports games? I...

December 15, 2023 No Responses

Top Ten NES Shooters

The NES was host to a legion of shooters despite its slow processor. Yet even with that handicap developers created video gaming gold on the little grey box. For many the Nintendo was their introduction to the genre and many...

December 11, 2023 No Responses

Flying Dragon – the Secret Scroll

Developer: Culture Brain Publisher: Culture Brain Release: 08/89 Genre: Action Culture Brain is not the first name on my list of best NES publishers. But I will give them credit for coming up with some weirdly ambitious titles. The...

December 4, 2023 No Responses

The Untouchables

Developer: Special Fx Software Publisher: Ocean Release: 07/91 Genre: Action I don’t hate licensed video games just because. I hate them for a variety of reasons. One, because they are usually awful and a waste of your hard...

November 27, 2023 No Responses

Youkai Yashiki

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 10/23/87 Genre: Action The Famicom Disk System is a fascinating piece of hardware from a historical perspective. In Japan for a while there it completely overtook the Famicom and nearly all releases...

November 22, 2023 No Responses

Sengoku Denshou

Developer: Dragnet Publisher: Sammy Release: 12/28/93 Genre: Beat ’em up Before SNK rode the fighting game renaissance into the ground the Neo Geo was host to an assortment of beat em ups. With their graphical prowess these...

November 17, 2023 No Responses

Aero the Acrobat

Developer: Iguana Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 10/12/93 Genre: Platformer Sunsoft were a powerhouse on the NES and one of its best developers. They made that hardware sing like few others and are one of the reasons why the NES...

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