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April 11, 2018 2 Responses

Mercs

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 10/91 Genre: Action Sega were in an interesting position with the Genesis. Because of Nintendo’s strong arm tactics with third parties they had little support early on. But they figure out a clever loophole;...

April 6, 2018 7 Responses

Gradius III

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/23/91 Genre: Shooter Gradius III was one of the first shooters for the SNES and years later remains one of its best. The console port would be my first exposure to the game as well....

April 4, 2018 3 Responses

Strider (Sega)

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/90 Genre: Action I loved arcade games growing up but learned to accept that the NES couldn’t recreate most of my favorite titles perfectly. I like Double Dragon II and TMNT II but...

March 28, 2018 3 Responses

Super Fantasy Zone

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sega Release: 09/11/92 Genre: Shooter I really liked the Sega Master System port of Fantasy Zone. It was a simple game but it had an ebb and flow that I really enjoyed and the home...

February 19, 2018 3 Responses

Soukyugurentai

Developer: Raizing Publisher: Electronic Arts Released: 02/07/97 Genre: Shooter I consider myself somewhat of a lapsed shooter fan. In the 8 & 16-bit era when you couldn’t sneeze without running into a shmup. But as the PlayStation and ...

February 2, 2018 2 Responses

Raiden

Developer: Seibu Kaihatsu Publisher: NEC Release: 1991 Genre: Shooter To the casual gaming public the name Raiden probably conjures up a certain thunder god in Mortal Kombat. Or the nancy boy in Metal Gear Solid. But for...

January 28, 2018 2 Responses

Bad Dudes

Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Release: 07/90 Genre: Beat em up Part of what I enjoy the most about writing this blog is revisiting games that I remember fondly. For the most part the games that were great...

January 8, 2018 No Responses

Rygar

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Released: July 1987 Genre: Action I’m sure like myself the NES version of Rygar was the first exposure to the series for many. Like Strider Rygar switched genres, becoming an expansive adventure rathe...

December 29, 2017 3 Responses

Ranma ½: Hard Battle

Developer: NCS Publisher: DTMC Release: 1992 Genre: Fighting As bad as licensed games have been in the US in Japan they were even worse if you can believe it. With so much anime airing on TV even to...

December 27, 2017 No Responses

Crack Down

Developer: Hot-B Publisher: Sage’s Creation Release: 1991 Genre: Action Over the years what I’ve come to appreciate most about the Genesis library is its large range of arcade ports. More specifically Sega arcade ports. I do not think ...

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