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January 18, 2023 No Responses

W Ring – the Double Ring

Developer: Naxat Soft Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 09/28/90 Genre: Shooter Video games have always fallen through the cracks. These days the number of games that release daily borders on insanity and it is impossible to keep up....

January 13, 2023 No Responses

Super Bonk 2

Developer: A.I Co., Ltd Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 07/28/95 Genre: Platformer I’ve always liked the Bonk series. For a brief time there when NEC went head to head with Sega and Nintendo the little caveman that could was mentioned...

January 11, 2023 No Responses

Märchen Maze

Developer: N.H. System Publisher: Namco Release: 12/11/90 Genre: Action When you think about it Alice in Wonderland makes for the perfect backdrop for video games. With its fairy plot of Alice visiting ever stranger worlds it has...

January 2, 2023 No Responses

Zombie Hunter

Developer: Hi-Score Media Publisher: Hi-Score Media Release: 07/03/87 Genre: Action I remember looking forward to Activision’s Zombie Master based on nothing more than the cover and descriptive text in its ads. The box art looked totally bad ass...

December 28, 2022 No Responses

Strider Hiryu

Developer: Dice Creative Publisher: NEC Release: 09/22/94 Genre: Action Strider was an arcade spectacle at release in the late 80s. The combination of Capcom’s art direction and one of the coolest characters in gamedom made a lasting...

December 16, 2022 No Responses

Esper Dream

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/20/87 Genre: RPG Konami were a force to be reckoned with during the 8-bit era. Next to Capcom they were one of the most versatile developers on the system. But even considering their enormous...

December 14, 2022 No Responses

SCI: Special Criminal Investigation

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 01/25/91 Genre: Racing Chase H.Q. was an interesting spin on the “racing” genre. Technically you were still racing against the clock to catch up to your suspect. But the overall goal was not to...

December 9, 2022 No Responses

Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou

Developer: Winds Co. Publisher: Virgin Release: 09/29/95 Genre: Beat em up The Super Famicom library is a treasure trove of beat em ups that never left Japan. Many are solid to great arcade ports like Undercover Cops...

December 5, 2022 No Responses

Grand Master

Developer: Varie Publisher: Varie Release: 02/26/91 Genre: Action RPG Action RPGs are few in number on the NES. I do not know why that is the case; Japan was brimming with titles begging for a localization. Some...

November 30, 2022 No Responses

Rayxanber III

Developer: Data West Publisher: Data West Released: 06/06/92 Genre: Shooter My anticipation for Rayxanber II was only matched by the crushing disappointment I felt once I played it and found out it was a bad game. So bad in...

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