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June 15, 2018 No Responses

Märchen Adventure Cotton 100%

Developer: Success Publisher: Datam Polystar Release: 04/22/94 Genre: Shooter It is strange looking back on it but shooters starring witches had their day in the sun like caveman platformers. At least in Japan. While a few hidden gems...

May 23, 2018 No Responses

Gradius Gaiden

Developer: KCE Tokyo Publisher: Konami Released: 08/28/97 Genre: Shooter I’m not much of a fan of mobile gaming but I do appreciate that it has given shooters a second life in the US. The slow, agonizing near death of...

May 14, 2018 No Responses

Fausseté Amour

Developer: AIM Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 03/26/93 Genre: Action It is interesting to look back on the import coverage of old video game magazines. I can admit to spending a lot of time looking at the ads in the back...

May 7, 2018 No Responses

Holy Diver

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 04/28/89 Genre: Platformer In the land of 2d platformers Castlevania has always been one of the most unique series around. Even to this day there aren’t many games that intentionally gimp their main cha...

April 27, 2018 No Responses

Spriggan Powered

Developer: Micronics Publisher: Naxat Soft Released: 07/26/96 Genre: Shooter Spriggan Powered is a game that I discovered through the magic of emulation. While I devoured any and all gaming publications growing up they could only cover so m...

April 25, 2018 one Response

Cross Wiber

Developer: FACE Publisher: Sankindo Released: 12/21/90 Genre: Action Cyber Cross was not a good game. It was the kind of generic pap you get not long after a system launch and was mediocre in every way. It was doubly embarrassing...

April 20, 2018 No Responses

Alcahest

Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Square Released: December 13, 1993 Genre: Action RPG I am a huge fan of Super Smash Bros and Kirby. The work that Hal Labs has done over the years to keep Kirby relevant is nothing...

April 16, 2018 No Responses

Moon Crystal

Developer: Hect Publisher: Hect Released: 08/28/92 Genre: Platformer It is hard to believe that a strong title like Moon Crystal never left Japan. An obscure US publisher named DTMC were set to bring it to the US. I guess...

April 13, 2018 No Responses

Aldynes

Developer: Produce Co. Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 02/22/91 Genre: Shooter It’s interesting to look back at the reception of the Turbo Grafx-16. In America it was a distant third place behind the SNES and Genesis. But in...

March 30, 2018 No Responses

Kishin Douji Zenki: Battle Raiden

Developer: CA Production Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 08/04/95 Genre: Action While westerners dreaded any and all licensed titles because they were usually terrible in Japan they dealt with a similar problem when it came to anime an...

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