Metal Mech

Metal Mech

Developer: Sculptured Software     Publisher: Jaleco     Released: 1991     Genre: Action Metal Mech is a game that I always had an interest in trying but for some reason had reservations about.  I could never quite put my finger on the reason why...
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Totally Rad

Totally Rad

It takes a lot of courage to name your game Totally Rad.  If it is terrible the game will linger on in infamy for eternity as the butt of endless jokes.  If you succeed and the game lives up to...
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Super Earth Defense Force

Super Earth Defense Force

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 1992   Genre: Shooter These days the name Earth Defense Force conjures up images of hordes of insects in janky environments with a suspect frame rate. But before the bug blasting series was conceived Ea...
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Brawl Brothers

Brawl Brothers

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 1993   Genre: Beat em up In spite of how generic it was I still kind of liked Rival Turf. It was as blatant a Final Fight clone as possible but it still had charm....
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Whomp ‘Em

Whomp ‘Em

….Someone out there is probably way too proud of that title to this day.  Offensive title aside Whomp ‘Em is a game that I actively avoided for no good reason.  Maybe it was the goofy name, maybe it was the...
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Shatterhand

Shatterhand

Developer: Natsume     Publisher: Jaleco     Released: 1991     Genre: Action One of the biggest regrets from my childhood is that I moved on from the NES earlier than I should have. With Genesis hitting its stride and the SNES on the market...
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Rival Turf

Rival Turf

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 1992    Genre: Beat em up Once Final Fight hit big the beat em up genre truly exploded in popularity. Nearly every publisher at some point or another tried their hand at the genre, often with...
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The Ignition Factor

The Ignition Factor

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Released: 11/94    Genre: Action The firefighting sub-genre of action games might be underrepresented but man are there some real gems out there. The Ignition Factor was a low key release in 1994 but one that ...
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Operation Logic Bomb

Operation Logic Bomb

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Released: 1993    Genre: Action There are games that fly under the radar for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they get lost in the hype of more anticipated titles. The publisher might have done a terrible job.....
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Astyanax

Astyanax

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 03/90   Genre: Action I remember picking up the box for Astyanax in Woolworth wondering how to pronounce the title, let alone what it was. If that was the marketing department’s intent it definitely w...
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