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October 10, 2022 No Responses

Metamor Jupiter

Developer: Flight Plan Publisher: NEC Release: 01/22/93 Genre: Shooter I am a sucker for anime art. Back in the day when anime was a rare commodity and publishers did everything they could to hide a game’s Japanese...

October 3, 2022 No Responses

Gimmick

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 01/31/92 Genre: Action Sunsoft next to Konami and a few others pushed the NES harder than most. Artistically they released stunning titles like Batman and Gremlins 2. Technically they achieved thing...

September 23, 2022 No Responses

Violinist of Hamelin

Developer: Daft Co. Publisher: Enix Release: 09/29/95 Genre: Action To this day I am still amazed at the depth of the SNES library. The games released in the West were great but sheer number of hidden gems...

September 14, 2022 No Responses

Ai Chō Aniki

Developer: Bits Laboratory Publisher: Masaya Release: 02/24/95 Genre: Shooter Cho Aniki was a strange game that earned a reputation for its homoerotic imagery. What was lost in all the hoopla was the fact that it was a...

September 12, 2022 No Responses

Uchuu Keibitai SDF

Developer: HAL Publisher: HAL Release: 09/07/90 Genre: Shooter Considering the NES hardware and its weaknesses I would say it has a pretty strong lineup of shooters. From Gun-Nac to Life Force there are many all-time classics in its...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

Ghost Sweeper Mikami

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Banalex Release: 09/23/93 Genre: Action In my early days of emulation it was not uncommon to scroll through a list of roms and try random games just because the name sounded interesting. Sometimes I would...

September 7, 2022 No Responses

Ninja Warriors

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Action Taito stumbled on to something great with its triple monitor setup in Darius. For a shooter being able to see enemies coming in advance to plan ahead is a god send....

August 15, 2022 No Responses

Kingdom Grandprix

Developer: Raizing Publisher: Gaga Release: 06/14/96 Genre: Shooter I’ve never been one to heavily import games. Obviously during the 16-bit era it was too expensive to even try but the language barrier was also a factor. But the advent of....

August 8, 2022 No Responses

Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire

Developer: CAProduction Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 11/24/95 Genre: Shooter The PC Engine has one of the greatest shooter libraries of all time. If you like the genre chances are you will find numerous titles to satisfy your...

August 1, 2022 No Responses

Samurai Pizza Cats

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 07/19/91 Genre: Action I remember Samurai Pizza Cats as that weird anime that came on at the crack of dawn before Sailor Moon when I was in high school. The series, about a mechanical...

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