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April 20, 2020 No Responses

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...

August 5, 2019 one Response

Totally Rad

Developer: Aicom Publisher: Jaleco Release: 10/91 Genre: Action 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...

July 26, 2019 one Response

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...

May 17, 2019 one Response

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....

January 21, 2019 No Responses

Whomp ‘Em

Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Release: 03/91 Genre: Action ….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...

January 22, 2018 4 Responses

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...

September 8, 2017 No Responses

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...

April 14, 2017 one Response

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 ...

April 7, 2017 No Responses

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.....

December 26, 2016 6 Responses

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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