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March 11, 2020 No Responses

Juuouki

Developer: Team Shinobi Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 09/29/89 Genre: Action How? How do you mess up Altered Beast? Somehow they found a way with the PC Engine version. By now everyone agrees that Altered Beast was not...

March 2, 2020 No Responses

Cross Fire

Developer: Kyugo Trading Co. Publisher: Sanritsu Release: 11/02/90 Genre: Action I think it is safe to say that Contra is one of the most popular NES games of all time. Literally everyone I knew with an NES growing up had...

January 20, 2020 No Responses

Battle Mania Daiginjou

Developer: Vik Tokai Publisher: Vik Tokai Released: 12/24/93 Genre: Shooter I love finding hidden gems in a system’s library. There is nothing quite like discovering a game that flew under the radar that turns out to be better than...

January 3, 2020 No Responses

Dragon Saber

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter My love of Dragon Spirit is a bit strange, I will admit. Its not that it isn’t a good game, because it is. But I think I really appreciate it because it...

November 15, 2019 3 Responses

Rendering Ranger R2

Developer: Rainbow Arts Publisher: Virgin Interactive Release: 11/17/95 Genre: Action Rendering Ranger R2 is one of the most incredible games of the 16-bit era and you have probably never heard of it. There are a number of reasons...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

Mickey to Donald: Magical Quest 3

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/08/95 Genre: Platformer Capcom’s Magical Quest series was one of the biggest surprises of the 16-bit era for me. I suppose I should have expected greatness coming off the back of their 8-bi...

July 31, 2019 No Responses

Psychic Storm

Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: Lasersoft Release: 03/19/92 Genre: Shooter I pride myself on being a well-informed gamer. Back in the days when everyone relied on the back of the box for their purchases I devoured any gaming magazine...

July 24, 2019 No Responses

Dahna: Megami Tanjo

Developer: I.G.S Publisher: I.G.S Release: 12/20/91 Genre: Action Say what you will about Sega today but back in the 16-bit era they gave the Genesis excellent support. If third parties would or could not support the system they licensed thei...

July 10, 2019 No Responses

Shinobi

Developer: Team Shinobi Release: Asmik Release: 12/08/89 Genre: Action Shinobi was one of the most popular arcade games of the 80s. Ninjas were all the rage and Sega were quick to capitalize on that with this massive arcade hit....

June 24, 2019 2 Responses

Ikaruga

Developer: Treasure Publisher: Atari Released: 04/14/03 Genre: Shooter I’ve always admired developer Treasure’s ability to inject new mechanics into well-worn genres. Guardian Heroes was the natural evolution of the beat em up with ...

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