Tag: action

Contra: Hard Corps
June 12, 2017 5 Responses

Contra: Hard Corps

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/08/94  Genre: Action Contra Hard Corps is the epitome of the Contra series in many ways and one could argue the best title in the series. If you were speaking of the Japanese version I...
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Contra Force
June 9, 2017 one Response

Contra Force

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 1992     Genre: Action Words cannot describe how disappointed I am with Contra Force. When I first saw it in magazines I was excited but could not find it in stores anywhere. Which makes sense a...
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Contra III: the Alien Wars
June 8, 2017 11 Responses

Contra III: the Alien Wars

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 04/92     Genre: Action If I had to sum up Contra III in one sentence it would be an action movie in video game form. Many shooters that have tried distilling the high octane thrills of...
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Super C
June 6, 2017 No Responses

Super C

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 04/90   Genre: Action It is funny when I look back on my initial impression of Super C. Don’t get me wrong I knew it was great but I did not think it was anything...
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Contra
June 5, 2017 14 Responses

Contra

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/88   Genre: Action There is something about that innocent period before video game magazines proliferated the market that I kind of miss. Back in the day before Nintendo Power and EGM you bought game...
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Spotlight: Contra
June 4, 2017 No Responses

Spotlight: Contra

Its time once again to shine the spotlight on another beloved series. For many of us Contra was the action series of the 80s and 90s. What started out as a decent arcade game became a beloved classic on the...
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Psycho Chaser
June 2, 2017 No Responses

Psycho Chaser

Developer: Sting    Publisher: Naxat Soft    Release: 04/06/90    Genre: Action The Turbo Grafx was a decent console in the US but had a fantastic library in Japan. Almost every console has hidden gems that were left in Japan but next to...
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Forgotten Worlds
May 24, 2017 one Response

Forgotten Worlds

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 12/89    Genre: Shooter Even after all these decades the 80s action craze still finds ways to entertain. If you are a child of the 90s or later sadly you missed out. This...
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Rapid Reload
May 17, 2017 No Responses

Rapid Reload

Developer: Media Vision    Publisher: SCEE    Release: 09/29/95    Genre: Action Gunner’s Heaven holds the distinction of being one of the first PlayStation games I ever read about. Next to Battle Arena Toshinden it seemed like the coolest game in...
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Elevator Action Returns
May 15, 2017 No Responses

Elevator Action Returns

Developer: Ving    Publisher: Taito    Release: 02/14/97   Genre: Action To get the most out of the Sega Saturn you had to be a fan of import gaming. There were plenty of great releases but the vast majority of the truly...
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