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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...

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...

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