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February 28, 2024 No Responses

Klonoa 2 – Lunatea’s Veil

, Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 07/25/01 Genre: Platformer Klonoa was a breath of fresh air for platformers during the 32-bit era. While many developers were going full 3d like Mario 64 Klonoa was a throwback to the 16-bit...

October 25, 2023 No Responses

Time Crisis

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 11/12/97 Genre: Rail Shooter I have always enjoyed the yin and yang between Namco and Sega. When Sega created Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far behind. Once Virtua Cop was a hit Time Crisis...

August 30, 2023 No Responses

Vampire Night

Developer: Wow Entertainment Publisher: Namco Release: 11/13/01 Genre: Action In the mid to late 90s Sega and Namco went back and forth creating arcade hits to compete with each other. When Sega made Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far...

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...

December 2, 2022 No Responses

Whirlo

Developer: Nova Co. Publisher: Namco Release: 1992 Genre: Platformer I have always been both fascinated and jealous of games from Japan that release in Europe but skip the US. It stands to reason that if the game...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Pac-Mania

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Tengen Release: 1991 Genre: Action Pac-Man. If you are over the age of 35 chances are you have played some incarnation of Namco’s classic. But while the original arcade game is an indelible...

August 17, 2022 No Responses

Ridge Racer

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 09/09/95 Genre: Racing Sony Imagesoft during the 16-bit era was a questionable publisher. When you have the likes of Cliffhanger and the Last Action Hero under your belt it stands to reason that peop...

June 22, 2022 No Responses

Cyber Sled

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 10/18/95 Genre: Action I miss deluxe arcade cabinets. I miss the arcade in general but there was something special about a massive cabinet with all manner of accoutrements to give you an experience l...

June 13, 2022 No Responses

Valkyrie no Densetsu

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 08/09/90 Genre: Action I’ve been meaning to get to this one for a long time. Ever since I played the Legend of Zelda in 1987 I have loved action RPGs. I devoured every title...

February 7, 2022 No Responses

Ordyne

Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter Namco are no stranger to the shooting genre. With Xevious, Dragon Spirit, and others under their belt you might even say they are pioneers. And a good portion of their...

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