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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...

February 24, 2017 one Response

King of Dragons

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 04/94 Genre: Beat em up The King of Dragons is an interesting game. It was released not long after Final Fight blew the doors off the genre and a legion of imitators followed. It...

February 22, 2017 4 Responses

R-Type

Developer: Irem Publisher: NEC Release: 09/89 Genre: Shooter Of the many shooters that I have played over the decades I count three that shaped my tastes. Gradius was one of the first major shooters I ever played. There’s...

February 6, 2017 11 Responses

Double Dragon

Developer: Technos Publisher: Tradewest Release: 06/88 Genre: Beat em up I really miss Technos. As the creators of the modern beat em up with Renegade the legions of titles that would follow all owe a debt to their work....

February 1, 2017 one Response

Captain America & the Avengers

Developer: Opera House Publisher: Data East Release: 1992 Genre: Beat em up I have been a comic book reader for going on 31 years now. Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, it does not matter the publisher; if it is good...

January 30, 2017 7 Responses

Gradius

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/86 Genre: Shooter I am pretty sure Gradius was one of my first shooters outside of the Atari 2600. That statement applies to a legion of gamers as well. There were plenty of multiplayer...

January 18, 2017 4 Responses

Art of Fighting

Developer: SNK Publisher: Sega Released: 1994 Genre: Fighting Art of Fighting has always held an interesting position in SNK’s fighting lineup. No one can argue that Fatal Fury was its bread and butter, to be succeeded by the King of...

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