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March 9, 2022 No Responses

Street Smart

Developer: SNK Publisher: Treco Release: 06/91 Genre: Action When it comes to fighting games everyone remembers Street Fighter 2 as the progenitor of the genre as we know it. But prior to contrary belief there were other games before...

February 2, 2022 No Responses

Snow Bros. starring Nick and Tom

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Tengen Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Action Most remember Toaplan for their legendary shooter lineup. To say that they were one of the masters of the genre is an understatement. But they have just as many great...

January 26, 2022 No Responses

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

Developer: Westone Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Action As much as I find the Wonder Boy lineage and naming scheme confusing as hell I have always appreciated the series ability to change at the drop of a dime. Wonder...

January 12, 2022 No Responses

Pac-Land

Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Release: 01/90 Genre: Action Pac-Man has led an interesting life as a video game character. Common sense would say Namco should have created a direct sequel with another set of mazes to follow up such a...

January 10, 2022 No Responses

1943

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/88 Genre: Shooter Capcom and their early NES games had a bad reputation. While most of us have fond memories of games like Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Commando they were riddled with severe performan...

December 27, 2021 No Responses

Giga Wing

Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Release: 07/2000 Genre: Shooter As with all genres by the year 2000 the shooter had long since had its time in the sun. While Westerners subsisted on scraps the genre was going through a...

November 29, 2021 No Responses

Rad Racer II

Developer: Square Publisher: Square Released: 1990 Genre: Racing It is funny to look back on video game releases during the 8-bit era. Without many publications or a centralized hub for information no one knew when specific games were r...

November 3, 2021 No Responses

Gain Ground

Developer: Sega Publisher: Renovation Released: January 2, 1991 Genre: Action Of all of Sega’s many arcade ports to the Genesis I avoided Gain Ground for no reason. Call it bias or a misunderstanding but one look at screenshots...

September 15, 2021 No Responses

Growl

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1991 Genre: Brawler I like a good beat ’em up. Yes, the genre became over saturated like shooters in the 90s but I will always make time for a good one. Because there were...

September 1, 2021 No Responses

Task Force Harrier Ex

Developer: NMK Co. Ltd Publisher: Treco Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter Military themed games are not really my purview. Don’t get me wrong, I can enjoy a Metal Gear or occasional Call of Duty provided the game is...

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