Snow Bros
Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Capcom Release: 1991 Genre: Action For as much as I like to think I have an open mind with video games I must confess, I’ve made my share of bad assumptions. When I saw Snow...
Tag: arcade
Chiki Chiki Boys
Developer: Visco Publisher: Sega Release: 1993 Genre: Platformer I like Chiki Chiki Boys. But once upon a time that wasn’t the case. I thought the name was incredibly stupid and the childish box art did it no favors....
Dynamite Duke
Developer: Seibu Kaihatsu Publisher: Sega Release: 12/90 Genre: Action Of the early Sega Genesis lineup Dynamite Duke was the last game I got around to. They say do not judge a book by its cover but that is precisely...
Ikari Warriors
Developer: Micronics Publisher: SNK Release: 05/87 Genre: Action Sometimes I miss the big dumb action movie phase of the 1980s. I will fully admit that most of those films were not good upon closer inspection. But they were at least...
Bonanza Bros.
Developer: ITL Co. Publisher: Sega Release: 10/91 Genre: Action Of all of Sega’s arcade titles Bonanza Bros. is one of the few I am the least familiar with. I never saw it in the arcade and heard nothing about...
Rush ‘n Attack
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 04/87 Genre: Action Konami wins the award for the cleverest title. I was too young when Rush ‘n Attack released to get the clever wording of the title and what it meant. All I...
Chase H.Q. II
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 06/01/92 Genre: Racing This one is interesting. Chase H.Q. definitely has its roots firmly planted in the Outrun camp. That being said it managed to add its own interesting little twist to that format.....
Super Thunder Blade
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 08/14/89 Genre: Action I have a confession to make: I’m not a big fan of games with helicopters. It is a very petty mindset, but I can’t help it. Maybe it is...
Riot Zone
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: TTI Release: 1993 Genre: Beat em up Next to shooters and platformers no other genre was as oversaturated in the 90s as the side-scrolling beat em up. Once Final Fight ignited the genre every...
Altered Beast (Famicom)
Developer: Interlink Publisher: Asmik Release: 07/20/90 Genre: Action Altered Beat was not a good game, let’s get that out of the way right now. While many have fond memories of it I do not think it’s a...