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April 29, 2019 No Responses

Astro Fang: Super Machine

Developer: A Wave, Inc. Publisher: A Wave, Inc. Release: 10/26/90 Genre: Racing I adored Rad Racer when I was young but I haven’t revisited it in quite some time. As much as I love retro games the reality is certain...

April 26, 2019 No Responses

Super Tekkyu Fight!

Once upon a time Bomberman was practically an institution in Japan. The games were extremely popular and released at a yearly clip for every platform. In America the series had its fans but nowhere near the extent it did overseas. ...

April 17, 2019 one Response

Renny Blaster

Developer: J-Force Publisher: NEC Release: 06/23/95 Genre: Action It is not easy being a fan of a failing system. By 1993 I knew it was over for the Turbo Grafx-16 even in spite of the Turbo Duo’s release. But some...

April 8, 2019 No Responses

Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti

Developer: Now Production Publisher: Namco Release: 07/31/89 Genre: Action While it may seem quaint now Splatterhouse was a significant landmark in the arcades. Its gore and Friday the 13th inspired protagonist were unheard of at the time and ensur...

March 29, 2019 one Response

Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/15/95 Genre: Shooter The Parodius games have always been the secret best series you’ve never heard of. That is mostly due to their minimal presence in the US. While the arcade games received e...

March 25, 2019 No Responses

Almana no Kiseki

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: August 11, 1987 Genre: Action I’ve been fascinated by the Famicom Disk System ever since I learned of its existence years after the fact. It was nice to learn what the expansion on the...

March 4, 2019 No Responses

Altered Beast (Famicom)

Developer: Interlink Publisher: Asmik Release: 07/20/90 Genre: Action Altered Beat was not a good game, let’s get that out of the way right now. While many have fond memories of it I do not think it’s a...

February 11, 2019 one Response

Image Fight

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 07/27/90 Genre: Shooter Image Fight was a shooter that I did not have a high opinion of. My only prior exposure to the game came from the lackluster NES port which sadly lacked what made...

February 6, 2019 one Response

Parodius

Developer: Konami Publisher: Palcom Release: 1992 Genre: Shooter I am incredibly jealous of Europe with this one. I did not become aware of the Parodius series until the 16-bit era, when magazines began featuring import coverage. The SNES ver...

January 30, 2019 No Responses

Bio-Ship Paladin

Developer: UPL Publisher: UPL Release: 09/30/91 Genre: Shooter Here in America we received the vast majority of the Sega Genesis’ shooter library but there were some curious omissions that were very interesting from a gameplay perspective. ...

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