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September 22, 2017 No Responses

Arcus Spirits

Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Sammy Release: 10/22/93 Genre: Action If you were an early adapter of the Sega Genesis chances are you were familiar with Renovation. This little known publisher released some of the best games for the system...

September 6, 2017 2 Responses

Detana!! Twinbee

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/28/92 Genre: Shooter The fact that I like Detana!! Twinbee so much is one of the biggest surprises of my gaming life. I was not a fan of Stinger, the lone game in the...

August 28, 2017 one Response

Gradius II

I’m sure there are millions like myself who just assumed that Konami’s Life Force was the sequel to Gradius. Both shared similar ships and near identical power-up systems and enemies. But in reality the true sequel to Gradius would unfortunately...

August 14, 2017 No Responses

Nekketsu Oyako

Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Technosoft Release: 12/03/94 Genre: Beat em up Any serious fan of shooters during the 16-bit era should be familiar with the name Technosoft. These underrated developers created some of the finest gems during that...

August 11, 2017 No Responses

Holy Umbrella – Dondera no Mubo

Developer: Naxat Soft Publisher: Earthly Soft Released: 09/29/95 Genre: Action Holy Umbrella is an odd game and the type of title that probably had a 50/50 chance of being localized back in the day. With its silly...

June 30, 2017 2 Responses

The Great Battle III

Developer: Sun L Publisher: Banpresto Released: 03/26/93 Genre: Beat em up I can’t stress how much I’ve enjoyed Banpresto’s Great Battle series. Normally I’m not a fan of the SD aesthetic but somehow this series has a...

June 26, 2017 No Responses

Final Blaster

Developer: Aisystem Tokyo Publisher: Namco Release: 09/28/90 Genre: Shooter Namco were one of the few third parties to support the Turbo Grafx-16 with a variety of software. Final Lap Twin and Dragon Spirit are two great games but I’m...

June 23, 2017 one Response

Contra (Japan)

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/09/88 Genre: Action We live in a time now where a significant number of Japanese video games are released almost simultaneously worldwide. That is a tremendous feat regardless of title but is espec...

June 2, 2017 No Responses

Psycho Chaser

Developer: Sting Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 04/06/90 Genre: Action The Turbo Grafx was a decent console in the US but had a fantastic library in Japan. Almost every console has hidden gems that were left in Japan but next to...

May 17, 2017 No Responses

Rapid Reload

Developer: Media Vision Publisher: SCEE Release: 09/29/95 Genre: Action Gunner’s Heaven holds the distinction of being one of the first PlayStation games I ever read about. Next to Battle Arena Toshinden it seemed like the coolest game in...

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