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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...

November 16, 2022 No Responses

Fire Mustang

Developer: NMK Co. Publisher: Taito Release: 05/31/91 Genre: Shooter The Genesis has one of the most extensive shooter libraries around. But even with that in mind there are still quite a few that were not released overseas which...

October 26, 2022 No Responses

Rockman: Power Battle Fighters

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 08/05/04 Genre: Action To this day I still miss arcade games. Part of the thrill of visiting the arcade was seeing games that were technically far ahead of what we had at home. Obviously...

October 14, 2022 No Responses

Power Soukoban

Developer: Atelier Double Publisher: Nintendo Release: 01/01/99 Genre: Puzzle Sokoban is a genre of puzzle game that I have loved for years without realizing it was its own unique thing. There is something oddly satisfying about successfully...

October 10, 2022 No Responses

Metamor Jupiter

Developer: Flight Plan Publisher: NEC Release: 01/22/93 Genre: Shooter I am a sucker for anime art. Back in the day when anime was a rare commodity and publishers did everything they could to hide a game’s Japanese...

October 3, 2022 No Responses

Gimmick

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 01/31/92 Genre: Action Sunsoft next to Konami and a few others pushed the NES harder than most. Artistically they released stunning titles like Batman and Gremlins 2. Technically they achieved thing...

September 23, 2022 No Responses

Violinist of Hamelin

Developer: Daft Co. Publisher: Enix Release: 09/29/95 Genre: Action To this day I am still amazed at the depth of the SNES library. The games released in the West were great but sheer number of hidden gems...

September 14, 2022 No Responses

Ai Chō Aniki

Developer: Bits Laboratory Publisher: Masaya Release: 02/24/95 Genre: Shooter Cho Aniki was a strange game that earned a reputation for its homoerotic imagery. What was lost in all the hoopla was the fact that it was a...

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