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May 19, 2023 No Responses

Battle Zeque Den

Developer: Arsys Software Publisher: Asmik Release: 07/15/94 Genre: Beat ’em up The Super Famicom library is a treasure trove of overlooked games. While everyone fawns over the numerous Square Enix RPGS that never left Japan there are...

May 12, 2023 No Responses

Mazinger Z

Developer: Winky Soft Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/25/93 Genre: Beat em up This one is a serious blast from the past. I watched Mazinger Z when it was brought to the US as Transor Z. I remember liking the...

April 17, 2023 No Responses

G Vector

Developer: Soft Office Publisher: Soft Office Release: 10/16/97 Genre: Shooter For many Virtua Fighter was the star of the Sega Saturn launch. It is easy to see why; it was the first major fighting game in 3d...

April 14, 2023 No Responses

Terranigma

Developer: Quintet Publisher: Nintendo Release: 12/19/96 Genre: Action RPG One of the great injustices of the 16-bit era is that Terranigma did not release in the US. It is understandable; as a late 1995 release any localization would take...

April 10, 2023 No Responses

Fushigi no Yume no Alice

Developer: Face Publisher: Face Release: 12/07/90 Genre: Platformer Platforming fans had a rough go of it on the Turbo Grafx. While SNES and Genesis owners were spoiled for choice in the US the pickings were slim for...

April 7, 2023 No Responses

Ai Senshi Nicol

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 04/24/87 Genre: Action Looking back there were surprisingly few top down action games on the NES. For a system that more or less covered every base this one niche is a bit lacking. The ones...

March 27, 2023 No Responses

Halley Wars

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 01/14/89 Genre: Shooter Even as early as the late 80s the shooter genre began to hit a rut. The biggest titles in the genre such as Gradius and R-Type cast a large...

March 24, 2023 No Responses

Double Dragon 2 – the Revenge

Developer: Kid Co. Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Beat em up My initial exposure to Double Dragon 2 was the brilliant NES version which was essentially a remake. I did not play the arcade game until...

March 17, 2023 No Responses

Edono Kiba

Developer: Riot Publisher: Micro World Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi made me a fan of ninja action games. While Sega received the lion’s share of attention thanks to the quality of the Genesis Shinobi...

March 15, 2023 No Responses

L-Dis

Developer: Dual Publisher: Masaya Release: 04/05/91 Genre: Shooter In the land of video games sometimes you have to something absurd to stand out. The PC Engine has more shooters than you can possibly imagine. To be fair...

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