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December 17, 2018 No Responses

Captain Silver

Developer: Jorudan Publisher: Tokuma Shoten Release: 12/16/88 Genre: Action Captain Silver is a game that I probably saw in some old magazine I have long since forgotten. While it was originally released in the arcade I never...

December 12, 2018 No Responses

Vigilante

Developer: Irem Publisher: NEC Release: 1989 Genre: Beat em up Irem’s Kung-Fu had a tremendous impact on me growing up. The NES port available at the system’s launch taught me a lot about game design without me realizing it....

December 5, 2018 No Responses

Phelios

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 10/90 Genre: Shooter In the course of reviewing games for this website it is interesting to revisit games I was once fond of. Phelios is not a particularly noteworthy title and not even one...

November 26, 2018 No Responses

Charge ‘N Blast

Developer: SIMS Publisher: Xicat Interactive Release: 02/07/01 Genre: Action I have to say, even though the Dreamcast flame was short lived it burned brightly. In the three-year period the system had any relevancy in the US it managed to cove...

October 24, 2018 2 Responses

Sunset Riders

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/92 Genre: Action There were a good number of run and gun action games for the Genesis. Many of them are in the running for greatest action game of all time. A lot of...

October 19, 2018 one Response

Legend of Hero Tonma

Developer: Irem Publisher: TTI Release: 1993 Genre: Platformer Irem is not a name that I think of when it comes to side scrolling platformers. The few times they dabbled in the genre were actually brilliant. Metal Storm is one...

October 15, 2018 2 Responses

Double Dribble

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 09/87 Genre: Sports I’m sure like many Double Dribble was one of the first Basketball games they every played. I am sure I might have played some random B-ball title on the Atari 2600...

October 3, 2018 one Response

Galaxy Force II

Developer: CRI Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Rail Shooter As a fan of arcade games growing up I looked forward to the inevitable home ports. Owning an NES meant that you were used to compromises but it worked...

September 12, 2018 No Responses

Virtua Racing

Developer: Sega AM2 Publisher: Sega Release: 03/14/94 Genre: Racing For as much as we revere Sega for their creative and original output their arcade releases were just as brilliant. I would even say that they were pioneers of arcade...

August 10, 2018 No Responses

Joe & Mac

Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Release: 01/92 Genre: Platformer I love Joe & Mac. At this point I have reviewed the game across numerous platforms and yet I am not tired of it. It reminds me...

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