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March 11, 2020 No Responses

Juuouki

Developer: Team Shinobi Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 09/29/89 Genre: Action How? How do you mess up Altered Beast? Somehow they found a way with the PC Engine version. By now everyone agrees that Altered Beast was not...

March 9, 2020 one Response

Section Z

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1987 Genre: Shooter As I revisit the games of my childhood I am often surprised how well certain games have held up. Obviously the Legend of Zelda still holds up today but lesser known title...

March 4, 2020 No Responses

Marvel Land

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: 1991 Genre: Platformer Namco is not the first name I think of when it comes to platformers. When I think Namco I think Pac-Man, Tekken, and maybe somewhere down the line Klonoa. That is not...

February 26, 2020 No Responses

Wardner

Developer: Visco Publisher: Mentrix Software Released: 1991 Genre: Platformer Ghosts ‘n Goblins was a massive hit in the arcade. At a time when companies were not afraid to copy any successful product surprisingly few games were made in that...

February 14, 2020 No Responses

U.N. Squadron

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter With the advent of 16-bit consoles came a slew of arcade ports that were all but impossible on older hardware. Although I frequented the arcade on a regular basis it wa...

February 10, 2020 No Responses

Cabal

Developer: Rare Publisher: Milton Bradley Released: 1990 Genre: Shooter The video game industry’s long love affair with military games will never cease to amaze. We are coming up on sixteen straight years of Call of Duty titles and the ...

January 13, 2020 No Responses

Alien Syndrome

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Tengen Released: 1989 Genre: Action Sega games on a Nintendo system will never stop being strange to me. I realize they have been third party since 2001 but as a seasoned veteran of the console wars...

January 10, 2020 one Response

On the Ball

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1992 Genre: Arcade I am a simple man at heart. When it comes to video games I have my favorite genres; RPGs, action games, and platformers. But I love to look outside my wheelhouse every...

December 16, 2019 No Responses

Trojan

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1987 Genre: Action Capcom did not get off to a good start with their NES games. 1942 is a disaster of a video game that should be studied by future generations as a guide...

December 6, 2019 No Responses

Combatribes

Developer: Technos Publisher: American Technos Release: 03/93 Genre: Beat em up The Combatribes holds the unlikely distinction of being my first import game. I know that this is a weird one to start with but they can’t all be...

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