Hagane

Hagane

Developer: Red     Publisher: Hudson Soft     Released: 06/95     Genre: Action As an SNES owner for the majority of the 16-bit generation certain games made me extremely jealous. Gunstar Heroes is a contender for game of the generation in my eyes...
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Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

Developer: Namco     Publisher: Tengen     Released: 10/89     Genre: Action Rolling Thunder may be a forgotten series now but looking at the current gaming landscape it was very influential. All cover based shooters can trace their heritage back t...
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Youkai Club

Youkai Club

Developer: Tose    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 05/19/87    Genre: Action As the NES rose to prominence platformers took over the market with every publisher getting in on it. Even though we got our fair share there were 3 times as many platformers.....
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Hook

Hook

Developer: Ukiyotei     Publisher: Sony Imagesoft     Released: 1992     Genre: Platformer Movie licensed video games were on average absolutely dreadful during the 8 and 16-bit era. Sure you could blame this on the films publishers chose to create...
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Devastator

Devastator

Developer: Wolf Team    Publisher: Wolf Team    Release: 05/28/93    Genre: Action In America most remember the Sega CD as a wasteland full of terrible FMV games and licensed junk. That is true to an extent but when you dig deeper it...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Ultra Games    Release: 06/89    Release: Action It is no slight exaggeration to say that every kid across the country wanted a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game back in the 80s. If you did not then sue...
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Last Alert

Last Alert

Developer: Laser Soft    Publisher: NEC    Release: 11/30/90   Genre: Action The Turbo Grafx-16 had very little success when it came to side scrolling action games. While Genesis owners got to enjoy Gunstar Heroes and Contra Hard Corps they had…Bloody....
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Run Saber

Run Saber

Developer: Hori Electric Co.    Publisher: Atlus    Release: 06/08/93    Genre: Action Early on in the Super Nintendo’s life Capcom blessed the system with many arcade ports such as U.N. Squadron, Final Fight, and Super Buster Brothers. All great ti...
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Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 03/89    Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden is one of my favorite NES games of all time. It is certainly the one of the titles I haveve probably dedicated the most time to. That is due mostly...
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Fuzzical Fighter

Fuzzical Fighter

Developer: Make Software     Publisher: Sigma Enterprises     Released: 05/17/91     Genre: Shooter I loved the Guardian Legend when I got it for Christmas as a surprise gift in 1990. There was nothing else like it and I loved both shooters and...
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