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November 30, 2016 No Responses

Night Striker

Developer: Aisystem Tokyo Publisher: Taito Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Shooter Anyone who was around in the 80s has bought more than one video game based off of screenshots, a magazine or ad. My interest in Night Striker was peaked due to...

November 28, 2016 one Response

Mitsume ga Tooru

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Tomy Released: 07/17/92 Genre: Platformer Capcom, Konami, and to a lesser extent Sunsoft are revered for putting out legendary NES titles. Their reputations are wholly deserved as some of the fondest NES classics...

November 19, 2016 one Response

The Great Battle II – Last Fighter Twin

Developer: Banpresto Publisher: Banpresto Released: 03/27/92 Genre: Beat em up I both love and hate the Great Battle Cyber. This late era Famicom release had everything going for it, from graphics to engaging gameplay. But it completely...

November 15, 2016 2 Responses

Sugoro Quest

Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: Technos Japan Released: June 28, 1991 Genre: RPG Sugoro Quest is the type of game that would definitely have been one of my favorites back in the day. While my friends wouldn’t give awesome...

November 1, 2016 3 Responses

Magical Pop’n

Developer: Pack-In-Video Publisher: Polestar Co. Released: 03/10/95 Genre: Action As I plumb the import libraries of these old consoles I am continually astounded at the sheer number of hidden gems most have never heard of. You’ll hear plenty ab...

October 25, 2016 5 Responses

Pop’n Twinbee

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 03/26/93 Genre: Shooter I’ve played my fair share of shooters of all stripes. Bullet hell, cute em ups, rail shooters, the list goes on and on. I’ve adapted to some weird mechanics but I...

October 22, 2016 No Responses

Mystic Formula

Developer: Micro Cabin Publisher: Micro Cabin Release: 07/23/93 Genre: Action The Turbo Grafx-16 is a haven for shooters of nearly all stripes be it horizontal or vertical. Unfortunately if you are a top down shooter fan the pickings...

October 20, 2016 No Responses

Tetrastar the Fighter

Developer: Home Data Corp. Publisher: Taito Released: 05/24/91 Genre: Shooter I can admit to being insanely jealous that Sega Master System owners had a somewhat decent version of Space Harrier. I loved that game in the arcade and would...

October 19, 2016 No Responses

King Colossus: Tougi Ou

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 06/26/92 Genre: Action RPG While it is a fact that the Genesis is missing the breadth and depth of the SNES’s RPG library I must say that Sega did a pretty good job overall of...

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