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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: 07/87 Genre: Action I am 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 rather than ...

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 ...

December 25, 2017 one Response

Jackal

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 10/88 Genre: Action Jackal was a game that I had to warm up to. By the time Jackal came out I was familiar with the name Konami and knew to expect quality. But it...

December 6, 2017 3 Responses

Altered Beast

Developer: Team Shinobi Publisher: Sega Release: 08/14/89 Genre: Beat em up Once upon a time new video game systems came with two controllers and a game. That is a pretty foreign concept to the younger gamers out there...

November 27, 2017 No Responses

Zombie Revenge

Developer: Sega AM1 Publisher: Sega Release: 01/25/00 Genre: Beat em up The 16-bit era was a gold mine for quality beat em ups. From arcade greats like Final Fight to home console exclusives such as Streets of Rage,...

November 6, 2017 one Response

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release: 09/89 Genre: Beat em up I’ve never really given it much thought but SNK really seemed to love military action games in the 80s. It should not be that surprising considering that particular decade...

October 30, 2017 2 Responses

Double Dragon II – the Revenge

Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: Acclaim Released: 01/90 Genre: Beat em up It’s interesting to look back on the NES library and compare the games that were different from their arcade counterpart. Bionic Commando was a terrible game in t...

September 18, 2017 No Responses

Super Dodge Ball

Developer: Technos Publisher: CSG Imagesoft Release: 06/89 Genre: Sports I never got to play Dodge Ball in school. As a child of the 80s every TV show and cartoon depicted this vicious sport as a rite of passage for the...

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