Sengoku
Developer:SNK Publisher: Data East Released: 09/22/93 Genre: Beat em up I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in an area with multiple Neo Geo MVS units. If I saw a Neo Geo game in a magazine chances are it...
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Karnov
Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Released: 1988 Genre: Platformer During the NES era nearly every publisher had their own mascot. The mascot phenomenon will always be a strange point in video game history; how and why the indust...
Midnight Resistance
Developer: Data East Publisher: Sega Released: 1991 Genre: Action The Genesis would eventually gain the reputation of being the system for fast paced action games, from Gunstar Heroes to Lightening Force. But early in its life the picki...
Werewolf – the Last Warrior
Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Release: 11/16/90 Genre: Platformer As I revisit the NES library my feelings toward a lot of titles have changed over the years. There are games like Contra and Mega Man that remain timeless. Th...
Mega Turrican
Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: Data East Release: 07/07/94 Genre: Action I was not fond of Turrican. I get that it is a European classic but man, that game’s flaws were too much for me to handle. So it is ironic...
Robocop
When I look back on my childhood I still can’t believe I was allowed to watch R-rated movies like Predator and the Running Man in the theater. I guess no one cared about the children in the 80s as we...
Kid Niki – Radical Ninja
Developer: Irem Publisher: Data East Release: 11/87 Genre: Platformer Christmas of 1988 is permanently burned into my memory. Like many I was excited to open my presents to see if there was a new games. What I did not expect...
Bloody Wolf
Developer: Data East Publisher: NEC Release: 1989 Genre: Action There are many things I appreciate about the Turbo Grafx-16 library. As a shooter fan there was an embarrassment of riches. Some might even say there were too...
Captain Silver
Developer: Jorudan Publisher: Tokuma Shoten Release: 12/16/88 Genre: Action Captain Silver is a game that I probably saw in some old magazine I have long since forgotten. While it was originally released in the arcade I never...
Shadowrun (SNES)
Developer: Beam Software Publisher: Data East Release: 05/93 Genre: RPG Shadowrun on the SNES was my formal introduction to this fantastic universe. Up until its release all I knew of it came from lightly reading an old source book....