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December 8, 2023 No Responses

Kūsō Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy

Developer: Amble Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/28/96 Genre: Action RPG Anime licensed games in Japan back in the 16-bit era were usually fighting games or generic platformers. When you need to get a game out as quickly as...

December 1, 2023 No Responses

Famicom Jump – Hero Retsuden

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 02/15/89 Genre: RPG Weekly Shonen Jump is an institution in Japan. Although there are dozens of manga anthologies in Japan even to this day it still remains the most popular. Their list...

August 23, 2023 No Responses

Silent Bomber

Developer: CyberConnect Publisher: Bandai Release: 04/00 Genre: Action Bomberman Act Zero is an embarrassment to the venerable series. I can understand the reasoning behind its creation: with an aging gaming population Hudson wanted to create a vers...

May 12, 2023 No Responses

Mazinger Z

Developer: Winky Soft Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/25/93 Genre: Beat em up This one is a serious blast from the past. I watched Mazinger Z when it was brought to the US as Transor Z. I remember liking the...

March 20, 2023 4 Responses

Dragon Power

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 03/88 Genre: Action The NES is host to a litany of strange titles. With its rapid success, everyone wanted to cash in on it. How else would you explain a Christian game producer...

March 6, 2023 No Responses

The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island

Developer: Human Entertainment Publisher: Bandai Release: 07/90 Genre: Action Bandai and its numerous NES licenses never cease to amaze me. They were sitting on a gold mine in Japan but most of them would never see the light...

November 25, 2022 No Responses

Bazooka Blitzkrieg

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 11/92 Genre: Action Light gun games, as fun as they are, as a whole offer little variety. Let’s be completely honest: if it is not a rail shooter chances are it is going...

June 6, 2022 No Responses

Dick Tracy

Developer: Realtime Associates Publisher: Bandai Release: Genre: Action Bandai, Bandai, Bandai. If I had to give a publisher a grade they would be a six for good ideas, bad execution. Time and time again I go into their NES...

March 7, 2022 No Responses

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Developer: Advance Communication Company Publisher: Bandai Release: 04/89 Genre: Action Oh boy, this game. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the most reviled games in the NES library and with good reason. It is every bit as...

February 22, 2021 No Responses

The Rocketeer

Developer: Ironwind Software Publisher: Bandai Released: May 1991 Genre: Action The Rocketeer was the summer blockbuster for me back in 1991. Like Dick Tracy the marketing blitz was huge and it was everywhere, on T-shirts, toys, endorsement...

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