Prison City

Prison City

Developer: Programancer   Publisher: Retroware   Release: 08/29/23   Genre: Action                                  Also on: Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series I love retro games. That should be obvious; you are on my retro video game website after all. However the...
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Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland

Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 04/93   Genre: Platformer Konami were one of the few publishers to support the NES at the end of its life. Their later output focused on licensed titles as they reserved their core intellectual properti...
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Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck

Developer: Core Design    Publisher: Virgin Interactive    Release: 09/93   Genre: Platformer I was not a fan of Chuck Rock. As one of the first European platformers I was exposed to its flaws stuck out compared to the tight Japanese...
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Disney’s Tarzan

Disney’s Tarzan

Developer: Eurocom    Publisher: Activision   Release: 02/15/00    Genre: Platformer Disney licensed games were largely absent during the 32-bit era until close to the end of the generation. I suppose developers did not want to go through their growing...
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DuckTales: Remastered

DuckTales: Remastered

Developer: WayForward    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 08/13/13   Genre: Platformer    Also On: PS3, Xbox 360, WiiU Remaking a beloved classic is always a risky proposition. If you change too much it does not resemble the original and kind of defeats...
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Digger T. Rock

Digger T. Rock

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Milton Bradley    Release: 12/90   Genre: Platformer In total Rare developed 60 games for the NES. That is incredibly prolific and their games spanned almost every genre, from sports to action to even game show adaptations....
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Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel

Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel

Developer: Iguana Entertainment   Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 11/94   Genre: Platformer I never expected Sunsoft to get in on the mascot platformer craze. But they were one of the few that were able to successfully create a character that resonated...
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Crypt Stalker

Crypt Stalker

Developer: Sinclaire Strange   Publisher: Sinclaire Strange    Release: 10/30/20    Genre: Action It has been a long time since Konami has graced us with a Castlevania game. While the last few titles under the Lords of Shadow banner were...
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Mickey Mania

Mickey Mania

Developer: Traveller’s Tales    Publisher: Sony Imagesoft    Release: 10/26/94    Genre: Platformer Compared to many of his contemporaries Mickey Mouse has had a good go of it in the video game space. While Mickey Mousecapade was a dreadful title ...
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Rainbow Islands – the Story of Bubble Bobble 2

Rainbow Islands – the Story of Bubble Bobble 2

Developer: Disco    Publisher: Taito    Release: 06/91    Genre: Platformer Bubble Bobble is one of my favorite multiplayer games on the NES. The game is extremely fun with a friend and it also does not hurt that you need two...
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