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May 15, 2017 No Responses

Elevator Action Returns

Developer: Ving Publisher: Taito Release: 02/14/97 Genre: Action To get the most out of the Sega Saturn you had to be a fan of import gaming. There were plenty of great releases but the vast majority of the truly...

May 12, 2017 one Response

SD Kidou Senshi Gundam – V Sakusen Shidou

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 09/12/92 Genre: Action I remember being curious about the innumerable Mobile Suit Gundam games that were advertised in the back of magazines like EGM and Gamefan. They seemed like the coolest games i...

May 5, 2017 No Responses

Dream Master

Developer: Prism Zone Publisher: Namco Released: 09/22/1992 Genre: RPG In Japan there were far too many Dragon Quest clones for the Famicom. I don’t mean games that were inspired by it; I mean titles that aside from slightly different...

April 12, 2017 2 Responses

Macross 2036

Developer: Masaya Publisher: NCS Released: April 3, 1992 Genre: Shooter The world of video game imports was a strange place for me up until around 2001 or so. I knew it was possible to buy Japanese video games and had...

March 29, 2017 No Responses

Arabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei Ou

Developer: Pandora Box Publisher: Takara Released: 06/14/96 Genre: RPG The Magic of Scheherezade is not only my favorite 8-bit RPG but also one of my favorite NES games of all time. Part of that comes from its setting; Arabian themed...

March 16, 2017 one Response

Valis IV

Developer: Laser Soft Publisher: Telenet Release: 08/23/91 Genre: Action I liked Super Valis IV in spite of its many problems. In my opinion it fell in line with the rest of the series as a solid yet...

February 20, 2017 No Responses

Youkai Club

As the NES rose to prominence platformers took over the market with every publisher getting in on it. Even though we got our fair share there were 3 times as many platformers that didn’t come to the US. Of course...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

Devastator

Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Wolf Team Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Action In America most remember the Sega CD as a wasteland full of terrible FMV games and licensed junk. That is true to an extent but when you dig deeper it...

February 8, 2017 one Response

Twinkle Tale

Developer: Zap Corporation Publisher: Wonder Amusement Studio Release: 07/24/92 Genre: Shooter The Cotton series of shooters are an incredible bunch that had a low profile because one single release came to the US until recently. And that...

January 27, 2017 3 Responses

Parodius – Non Sense Fantasy

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 07/03/92 Genre: Shooter I will forever remain jealous of European gamers for receiving the majority of the Parodius series. As a parody of the otherwise serious Gradius games Parodius could ...

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