Arcade Gears – Three Wonders

Arcade Gears – Three Wonders

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Xing Entertainment    Released: April 2, 1998    Genre: Compilation I loved Capcom’s Three Wonders in the arcade. Released before the fighting game boom would take over the arcade it offered three enjoyable titles in one...
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Dragon’s Lair

Dragon’s Lair

Developer: Epicenter Interactive     Publisher: Readysoft     Released: 1993     Genre: FMV The Sega CD will go down in history as one of the biggest missed opportunities of all time. Aside from its use of CD and the massive storage that it brought...
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Kiwi Kraze

Kiwi Kraze

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1991    Genre: Platformer I admit for the longest time New Zealand Story was a giant blind spot in my video game history. For years I have seen articles and reviews about it for nearly...
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Shinobi

Shinobi

Developer: Team Shinobi    Publisher: Tengen     Released: 1989    Genre: Action Shinobi is a great arcade game that drained quarters around the world. I loved it even though I lost plenty of money to its ridiculous difficulty. But it was...
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Heavy Unit

Heavy Unit

Developer: Toho     Publisher: Kaneko    Released: 12/26/90     Genre: Shooter It is amazing just how many shooters were released for the Genesis early on. It shouldn’t come as a surprise; the system’s fast processor made porting the latest arcade...
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Road Avenger

Road Avenger

Developer: Data East     Publisher: Renovation     Released: 1992     Genre: Action Laserdisc arcade games were always fascinating to watch. The gorgeous animation and sheer spectacle on display were unlike anything else at the time and seemed a gen...
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Atomic Robo-Kid

Atomic Robo-Kid

Developer: UPL Co., Ltd.    Publisher: Treco    Released: 1990    Genre: Shooter I enjoy a good shooter. Since the Atari 2600 days the genre has been one of my favorites. Up until bullet hell took over I still enjoyed...
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Space Harrier

Space Harrier

Developer: NEC     Publisher: NEC     Released: 1990    Genre: Action Space Harrier was insanely popular in the arcade in the 80s. It is easy to see why, with its fancy Super Scaler tech and art direction. While it was...
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Air Buster

Air Buster

Developer: Kaneko    Publisher: Kaneko    Released: 1991    Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters is one of my favorite Turbo Grafx-16 games. At a time where I had few games for the system it was a bright spot. It would be...
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Blades of Steel

Blades of Steel

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 1988     Genre: Sports Believe it or not Blades of Steel was my introduction to Hockey. Growing up Hockey was not really shown on local television like the NFL or NBA so it always seemed...
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