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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 it was one...

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...

May 28, 2021 No Responses

In the Hunt

Developer: Xing/SMS Publisher: Kokopeli Released: 1996 Genre: Shooter The late 80s and early 90s saw shooters of all kinds. From your standard space shooter to the occasional medieval fantasy romp like Elemental Master, the genre covered ne...

May 24, 2021 No Responses

Bubble Bobble

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1988 Genre: Action I miss the single screen platformer. When games like Pitfall and Super Mario Bros. hit the market this once bedrock of the arcade industry began to disappear. I freely admit...

May 17, 2021 No Responses

Silkworm

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: American Sammy Released: June 1990 Genre: Action There is something to be said about preconceived notions. I avoided Silkworm back in the day because the name made it sound like a Millipede spinoff. I have not...

May 5, 2021 No Responses

Turbo Outrun

Developer: Tiertex Publisher: Sega Released: 1992 Genre: Racing Outrun was a formative racing game for me. I played the console version first and had my mind suitably blown when I saw the arcade game. But more than its...

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