Ninja Crusaders

Ninja Crusaders

Developer: NMK Co.    Publisher: American Sammy     Released: December 1990    Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden is one of my favorite NES games of all time. If I were to take count of the games I have spent the most time with Ninja...
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Ninja Gaiden Trilogy

Ninja Gaiden Trilogy

Developer: Tecmo     Publisher: Tecmo     Released: 1995     Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden was a seminal part of my childhood. The amount of hours I spent trying to defeat the Jaquio is practically legendary. The years spent working on beating the gam...
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Ninja Gaiden (PC Engine)

Ninja Gaiden (PC Engine)

Developer: Tecmo     Publisher: Hudson Soft     Released: 01/24/92     Genre: Action If I had to make a list of the games I have spent the most time with Ninja Gaiden would be in the top five. The amount of hours I have...
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Shadow of the Ninja

Shadow of the Ninja

Developer: Natsume     Publisher: Natsume     Released: 1990     Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden was a seminal part of the NES library and a revered classic. Like Castlevania before it Ninja Gaiden’s action and pacing were completely unique in its gen...
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Kabuki Quantum Fighter

Kabuki Quantum Fighter

This has always been a strange one for me.  I had seen Kabuki Quantum Fighter in the stores many times but ignored it because of its name.  First of all I did not know what a Kabuki was.  And second...
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Vice: Project Doom

Vice: Project Doom

I’m ashamed to admit I wrote off Vice: Project Doom for a very long time.  I thought the box art was lame so I avoided it.  At this point I should also mention that I bought Marvel’s X-Men the same...
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Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden is one of my favorite NES games of all time.  It is certainly the one I’ve probably dedicated the most time to.  That is due mostly to the unrelenting difficulty in its later parts.  For any other game...
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Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

As much as we all loved Disney’s animated films during the early 90s there is a brief window that no one ever talks about.  In the mid-80s Filmation, the fine creators of such classics as He-Man and Fat Albert decided...
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