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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 releasing outside...

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...

August 30, 2021 No Responses

Ikari III: the Rescue

Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Released: 1990 Genre: Action The Ikari Warriors series in the arcade were pretty good games overall. Unfortunately they were absolutely dreadful on the NES, especially the first game. Somehow despite that fact...

August 23, 2021 No Responses

Virtua Cop

Developer: AM2 Publisher: Sega Released: 12/95 Genre: Action I’ve always appreciated light gun games from afar. At home the peripherals were usually not supported that well to make it worth the purchase. In the arcade they usually cost...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

Kung Fu

Developer: Irem Publisher: Nintendo Released: October 1985 Genre: Beat ’em up When I look back on my video game career I count myself fortunate to have been born in time for the NES launch. Although I played the Atari 2600...

July 28, 2021 No Responses

Flicky

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Released: 1991 Genre: Action I admit to being ignorant to most of Sega’s early arcade history. For myself Sega did not exist until I played the Master System and Hang-On in 1989. While most...

July 21, 2021 No Responses

G-Loc Air Battle

Developer: Probe Publisher: Sega Released: 1992 Genre: Action G-Loc was one of Sega’s most interesting arcade units. The R-360 cabinet would rotate in every direction and even do a full 360 to simulate the onscreen action. It is...

May 31, 2021 No Responses

Paperboy

Developer: Atari Inc. Publisher: Mindscape Released: 1988 Genre: Arcade I am not ashamed to admit that when I was young being a paperboy seemed like a dream job. First of all they hired kids, which instantly made it appealing. And...

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