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May 24, 2017 one Response

Forgotten Worlds

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 12/89 Genre: Shooter Even after all these decades the 80s action craze still finds ways to entertain. If you are a child of the 90s or later sadly you missed out. This...

May 15, 2017 No Responses

Elevator Action Returns

Developer: Ving Publisher: Taito Release: 02/14/97 Genre: Action To get the most out of the Sega Saturn you had to be a fan of import gaming. There were plenty of great releases but the vast majority of the truly...

May 10, 2017 2 Responses

Super Smash T.V.

Developer: Probe Publisher: Flying Edge Release: 1991 Genre: Action Smash T.V. was an arcade sensation and it is easy to see why. The Running Man was a great albeit cheesy 80s movie and its premise of sending convicted criminals into...

May 8, 2017 3 Responses

Ninja Spirit

Developer: Irem Publisher: NEC Release: 10/90 Genre: Action As a fan of the Turbo Grafx I had to accept certain things. One, that I would probably be the only one that owned one in my neighborhood. And...

April 28, 2017 2 Responses

Golden Axe

Developer: Team Shinobi Publisher: Sega Release: 12/89 Genre: Beat em up The Sega Genesis and Turbo Grafx-16 launches were pretty significant events in the gaming industry. For the first time we were experiencing a hardware transition and all ...

April 26, 2017 one Response

Splatterhouse

Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Beat em up Ah the innocent gaming years of the 80s. While everyone was busy pumping out bright and cheery platformers Namco said screw that and took inspiration from the horror...

April 10, 2017 one Response

After Burner

Developer: Sega Publisher: Tengen Release: 12/89 Genre: Shooter It’s surprising but as early as the mid-80s I was aware of console exclusives. I owned a NES but somehow knew that Sega did not make games for Nintendo and...

March 24, 2017 5 Responses

Sunset Riders

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 06/08/93 Genre: Action Contra III is one of my favorite action games of all time. It holds up surprisingly well for an early SNES title and considering their later work on the system I...

March 22, 2017 No Responses

ESWAT: City Under Siege

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 10/90 Genre: Action I really liked ESWAT in the arcade but unfortunately never had the chance to play it much because of distance. So when news of a Sega Genesis version of the game...

February 27, 2017 2 Responses

Rolling Thunder

Developer: Namco Publisher: Tengen Released: 10/89 Genre: Action Rolling Thunder may be a forgotten series now but looking at the current gaming landscape it was very influential. All cover based shooters can trace their heritage back t...

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