Power Moves
Developer: System Vision Publisher: Kaneko Release: 01/93 Genre: Action Ah yes, Power Moves. If you grew up in the 90’s chances are you saw the striking ad of a man getting punched and his face exploding in...
Tag: action
Tinhead
Developer: Micropose Publisher: Spectrum Holobyte Release: 10/94 Genre: Platformer As the mascot platformers raged on to the end of the 16-bit generation developers would finally “get” it. The realization that it takes more than a cute fa...
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister SIx
Developer: Bits Studios Publisher: Acclaim Release: 10/92 Genre: Action This one hurts folks. As the Spider-Man games began to roll out on the 16-bit platforms I was jealous. I was still the sole owner of a NES at...
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Developer: Electronic Arts Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: 11/06/23 Genre: Action The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers was a huge surprise in 2002. Licensed games are nothing new but few had the production values and scale...
Resident Evil
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 04/01/96 Genre: Horror Resident Evil is one of the first PlayStation games that truly made me realize the next generation had arrived. Don’t get me wrong, there were plenty of games that were a...
Street Fighter II Turbo
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 08/01/93 Genre: Action The announcement of Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition for the Sega Genesis was a big blow to SNES owners in 1993. While Super Nintendo owners had enjoyed the original exclusive...
The Pirates of Dark Water (Genesis)
Developer: Iguana Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 06/94 Genre: Action The Pirates of Dark Water. This one is a blast from the past. Prior to reviewing these games I had long since forgotten about this cartoon. The series was intriguing...
Legion
Developer: Renovation Publisher: Telenet Release: 09/21/90 Genre: Shooter What the hell happened here? Renovation/Telenet was no strangers to the shooter genre. They blessed the Sega Genesis with many of its best shooters such as Gaiares, Gra...
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...
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...