Kiaidan 00

Kiaidan 00

Developer: AlfaSystem    Publisher: Telenet    Released: 10/23/92    Genre: Shooter Shooters cover all stripes, from the ever popular space shooter to the less common fantasy shooter. You’ve got cute em ups, bullet hell, and boss rush titles too. Yet...
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Panorama Cotton

Panorama Cotton

Developer: Success    Publisher: Sunsoft    Released: 08/12/94    Genre: Rail Shooter The Sega Genesis and scaling sprites did not go well together. For every Outrun there were numerous games like Galaxy Force 2 and Super Thunder Blade that were a cho...
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Götzendiener

Götzendiener

Developer: Studio Alex/Gainax    Publisher: NEC Interchannel    Released: 11/25/94    Genre: Action/Adventure The last few years of the PC Engine’s life saw a host of awesome and creative titles. While everyone lusts after Rondo of Blood and takes out....
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Arcade Gears – Three Wonders

Arcade Gears – Three Wonders

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Xing Entertainment    Released: April 2, 1998    Genre: Compilation I loved Capcom’s Three Wonders in the arcade. Released before the fighting game boom would take over the arcade it offered three enjoyable titles in one...
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Metal Slug – Super Vehicle-001

Metal Slug – Super Vehicle-001

Developer: Nazca     Publisher: SNK    Released: 08/07/97     Genre: Action The early years of the Neo Geo saw a fairly diverse lineup of arcade titles that covered most genres. When combined with the system’s horsepower SNK’s games looked a cut.....
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Cotton 2

Cotton 2

Developer: Success     Publisher: Success     Released: 12/04/97    Genre Shooter Ah, Cotton, I admire your dedication to destroying my wallet. Cotton, alongside Parodius and Twinbee, is one of the best series of shooters that no one knows in the Wes...
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Kaze Kiri: Ninja Action

Kaze Kiri: Ninja Action

Developer: Naxat Soft    Publisher: Naxat Soft    Released: 04/28/94     Genre: Action While the Turbo Grafx-16 suffered from a dearth of action games in the West in Japan it had a robust library in the genre, especially with the CD-add...
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Metal Force

Metal Force

Developer: Open Corp.    Publisher: Daou Infosys    Released: 05/94    Genre: Action I don’t know when I became aware of bootleg/unlicensed video games but it was when I was very young. We always knew there was something off about...
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Genocide 2

Genocide 2

Developer: Bits Corporation    Publisher: Kemco    Released: 08/05/94    Genre: Action Thanks to magazines like Gamefan and EGM that would feature extensive import coverage I developed an interest in platforms that did not come to the US. The Sharp...
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Heavy Unit

Heavy Unit

Developer: Toho     Publisher: Kaneko    Released: 12/26/90     Genre: Shooter It is amazing just how many shooters were released for the Genesis early on. It shouldn’t come as a surprise; the system’s fast processor made porting the latest arcade...
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