Tag: Natsume

The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!
January 23, 2023 No Responses

The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Taito    Release: 12/92   Genre: Platformer I grew up on a steady diet of Hanna Barbera reruns from the 60s. In a time before streaming and cable TV being a regular thing those old cartoons were a...
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Ghost Sweeper Mikami
September 9, 2022 No Responses

Ghost Sweeper Mikami

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Banalex   Release: 09/23/93   Genre: Action In my early days of emulation it was not uncommon to scroll through a list of roms and try random games just because the name sounded interesting. Sometimes I would...
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Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
August 12, 2022 No Responses

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

Developer: Neverland    Publisher: Natsume    Release: 08/31/96   Genre: RPG The SNES was home to many late generation RPG classics like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. While it paled in comparison to what Japan was receiving as late as 1997...
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Spanky’s Quest
February 21, 2020 No Responses

Spanky’s Quest

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Natsume    Released: 1992    Genre: Action Spanky’s Quest is a game that I dismissed for years based on its silly name. In my defense I was a stupid teenager so you can imagine what my sense of humor...
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Dead Moon
January 22, 2020 No Responses

Dead Moon

Developer: Zap    Publisher: Natsume    Released: 1992    Genre: Shooter Everyone loves a good deal. In the age of the Steam sale these days you can find even new releases at a decent price. Back in 1992-1993 when the Turbo Grafx was...
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Power Blade 2
December 2, 2019 one Response

Power Blade 2

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Taito    Release: 10/92   Genre: Action Power Blade was one of the rare times the US version of a game was better than its Japanese counterpart. Power Blazer was a complete mess of a game that was...
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Pocky & Rocky 2
July 19, 2019 No Responses

Pocky & Rocky 2

 Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Natsume    Release: 1994    Genre: Action The original Pocky & Rocky is one of my favorite SNES surprises. I remember the extremely high reviews but thought it was too silly to take seriously.  Then I rented it.....
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Wild Guns
April 19, 2019 one Response

Wild Guns

Developer: Natsume     Publisher: Natsume     Released: July 1995     Genre: Action I like Harvest Moon as much as the next man but I remember a different Natsume. At one point in time Natsume put out action games that competed with the likes...
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The Ninja Warriors
March 8, 2019 3 Responses

The Ninja Warriors

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Taito    Release: 02/94   Genre: Beat em up Original home beat ‘em ups usually fell into one of two categories. Those that adhered to the Final Fight/Double Dragon mold, which is the majority. And those that...
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Power Blade
October 29, 2018 No Responses

Power Blade

It’s interesting to look back at many of the games I enjoyed when I was young.  We all knew most Nintendo games came from Japan.  But at the time we weren’t aware of the significant changes some games received on...
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