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January 5, 2018 No Responses

Gokujou Parodius

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 11/25/94 Genre: Shooter As much as I love Street Fighter I do hate what it inadvertently caused. In the 80s and early 90s arcades were home to a large variety of games in every...

January 3, 2018 No Responses

Undead Line

Developer: PAL SOFT Publisher: T&E Soft Released: 12/20/91 Genre: Shooter I really liked Twinkle Tale, a little known Genesis import that suffered from a low print run. This brilliant game housed excellent art direction and gameplay ...

December 13, 2017 2 Responses

Gley Lancer

Developer: NCS Publisher: Masaya Release: 07/17/92 Genre: Shooter I do not envy the developers of the legions of shooters in the 90s. After Gradius and R-Type revolutionized the genre everyone else was left picking up the scraps....

December 1, 2017 one Response

Swords of Destiny

Developer: Artoon Publisher: Rising Star Games Release: 06/30/06 Genre: Action Back in 2005 SCEA blocked Konami’s Oz from a US release. This was a game I was heavily looking forward to which absolutely sucked. There were many reasons bandied...

November 22, 2017 one Response

Harmful Park

Developer: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd Publisher: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd Released: 02/14/97 Genre: Shooter By the mid-90s the shooter genre had a problem: there were too many! Whether it was on consoles or especially in the arcade no...

November 13, 2017 one Response

Sylphia

Developer: Compile Publisher: Tonkin House Release: 10/22/93 Genre: Shooter Any true shooter fan knows the name Compile. They were literally the masters of the genre, creating many beloved classics. But as with any company there are always...

November 10, 2017 No Responses

Cosmic Epsilon

Developer: Home Data Corp Publisher: Asmik Release: 11/24/89 Genre: Rail Shooter I have to admit to being a bit jealous of the Famicom library at times. Make no mistake, the NES had a fantastic library overall, full of classics that...

October 10, 2017 2 Responses

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 10/29/93 Genre: Action If you would have told me that a Castlevania game would never see a release in America back in the day I would have called you crazy. Yet that is precisely...

October 6, 2017 No Responses

Akumajou Densetsu

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/22/89 Genre: Action For years even before I hopped on the internet I have read about the differences between the Japanese and American version of Castlevania III. I was always curious since ther...

September 25, 2017 one Response

Chōjin Sentai Jetman

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Angel Release: 12/21/91 Genre: Action It still blows my mind that there are fans out there that are not aware that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is based on a long running Japanese series. Even I put...

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