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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 excellent SNES...

March 25, 2019 one Response

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 3 Responses

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. ...

January 4, 2019 one Response

SD Kidou Senshi Gundam 2

Developer: TOSE Publisher: Angel Released: September 23, 1993 Genre: Shooter, Platformer I’ve never been a fan of the super deformed art style yet I still gave SD Gundam a chance out of sheer curiosity. My interest was rewarded with a...

December 28, 2018 No Responses

Psycho Dream

Developer: Riot Publisher: Riot Release: 12/11/92 Genre: Action I remember being severely disappointed when Renovation cancelled all of their American Super Nintendo games. I wasn’t aware of the reason why (Sega) but I was looking forward to...

December 21, 2018 one Response

Salamander

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/06/91 Genre: Shooter Life Force, alongside Gradius, was one of the defining shooters of my childhood. It was one of the first vertical (yes, I know it switches) shooters I had ever played which...

December 17, 2018 No Responses

Captain Silver

Developer: Jorudan Publisher: Tokuma Shoten Release: 12/16/88 Genre: Action Captain Silver is a game that I probably saw in some old magazine I have long since forgotten. While it was originally released in the arcade I never...

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