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January 11, 2021 one Response

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...

January 4, 2021 one Response

Metal Force

Developer: Open Corp. Publisher: Daou Infosys Released: May 1994 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...

October 23, 2020 one Response

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...

October 7, 2020 No Responses

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...

September 28, 2020 No Responses

Linkle Liver Story

Developer: Nextech Publisher: Sega Released: 03/1596 Genre: Action RPG This one is embarrassing for me. I bought Linkle Liver Story back in 2000 as it looked like an interesting title. But after ogling it in Gamefan I have barely put...

September 14, 2020 one Response

Power Blazer

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: April 20, 1990 Genre: Action In the 8 and 16-bit days it was not uncommon for the Japanese version of many titles to be better than its international counterpart. There were many reasons why g...

September 11, 2020 No Responses

Neugier – Umi to Kaze no Kōdō

Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Telenet Japan Released: 03/26/93 Genre: Action RPG RPGs were not abundant for most of the 90s and especially during the 16-bit generation. The SNES bucked that trend somewhat and amassed a respectable library...

August 21, 2020 one Response

Space Harrier

Developer: NEC Publisher: NEC Released: 1990 Genre: Action Space Harrier was insanely popular in the arcade in the 80s. It is easy to see why, with its fancy Super Scaler tech and art direction. While it was...

July 22, 2020 No Responses

The Adventures of Little Ralph

Developer: New Corporation Publisher: New Corporation Released: 06/03/99 Genre: Platformer We were all so naïve. As the 16-bit generation declined some of the best 2d platformers of all time were released. While I was sad to say...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

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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