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October 18, 2023 No Responses

Monster World IV

Developer: Westone Publisher: Sega Release: 04/01/94 Genre: Adventure Wonder Boy is a series I grew to appreciate over time. Once they became action adventure games instead of simple platformers the series found its footing and is generally excellent, Monster...

October 9, 2023 No Responses

Falsion

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 10/21/87 Genre: Shooter Space Harrier left its mark on the rail shooter genre. Its influence was so great that it inspired many clones on the Famicom, even after it hit the system itself miraculously....

September 29, 2023 No Responses

Super Bomberman 3

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 04/28/95 Genre: Action Hudson Soft was on a roll with the Super Bomberman series. Where the first game was a solid first attempt its sequel did an excellent job of shoring up its...

September 22, 2023 No Responses

Crystal Beans from Dungeon Explorer

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 10/27/95 Genre: Action Multi-platform games are a staple of the industry. After Nintendo’s stronghold on third parties was broken a significant portion of games during the 16-bit era hit both...

September 20, 2023 No Responses

Parodius Da!

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/21/92 Genre: Shooter It is incredible that even in this day and age Parodius remains one of the best shooter series most have never heard of. With as many ports the first arcade...

September 15, 2023 No Responses

Ane-San

Developer: NEC Avenue Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 02/24/95 Genre: Action Delinquents and beat ‘em ups go together like peanut butter and jelly. In Japan it is the go to when you want to pound some faces in...

September 11, 2023 No Responses

Saiyuuki World

Developer: Westone Publisher: Jaleco Release: 11/11/88 Genre: Platformer I was not a fan of Wonder Boy, both in the arcade and on the Master System. I did not like it when it was ported to the NES as...

September 8, 2023 No Responses

Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero

Developer: Masaya Publisher: NCS Release: 03/20/97 Genre: Action Masaya’s Shubibinman series had the potential to be the PC Engine’s Mega Man, a kick ass run and gun series full of action and robots. To a degree they were exactly that...

August 21, 2023 No Responses

Bubble Symphony

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Publisher: 11/27/97 Genre: Platformer Watching arcades disappear around the mid-90s was a sad sight. Not only because it was a place to meet fellow gamers before the internet became big but also because there we...

August 18, 2023 No Responses

Pop‘n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures

sDeveloper: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/07/94 Genre: Action It is not fair. Konami brought many of their Japanese shooters and platformers to Europe but not the US and I am still jealous to this day. Many of these are some...

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