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October 4, 2019 6 Responses

Donkey Kong Country

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release: 11/21/94 Genre: Platformer Anytime a book about the 16-bit era is written a chapter needs to be written about Donkey Kong Country. Few games have had the impact that Donkey Kong Country had on...

August 5, 2019 No Responses

Totally Rad

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 jokes. If you succeed and the game lives up to...

August 2, 2019 3 Responses

Super Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: JVC Released: 06/01/93 Genre: Action Super Star Wars was a sensation when it released. For the first time the Star Wars license was an excellent run and gun action platformer. It went on to big critic...

July 24, 2019 No Responses

Dahna: Megami Tanjo

Developer: I.G.S Publisher: I.G.S Release: 12/20/91 Genre: Action Say what you will about Sega today but back in the 16-bit era they gave the Genesis excellent support. If third parties would or could not support the system they licensed thei...

July 17, 2019 5 Responses

Sparkster

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 1994 Genre: Platformer Of all the mascot platformers released during the 16-bit era Rocket Knight Adventures was easily one of the best. It was both original and insanely fun, with its fantastic le...

July 15, 2019 No Responses

Dynowarz

I never liked Dynowarz. That’s pretty harsh but I figure I might as well get that out of the way. On paper it has everything a kid should absolutely love. It has robots, dinosaurs, and robotic dinosaurs beating the shit...

July 12, 2019 No Responses

Demolition Man

Developer: Alexandria Publisher: Acclaim Release: 1995 Genre: Action Demolition Man was the action blockbuster of 1994. Well, at least one of them. Honestly that was a pretty stellar year for action movies with the likes of True Lies, Speed,.....

July 1, 2019 No Responses

Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 01/94 Genre: Platformer Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 is an interesting release. By 1992 Nintendo releases were starting to dry up. Once 1993 came along they were a trickle. Nintendo released one of...

June 19, 2019 one Response

Klonoa – Door to Phantomile

During the 8 and 16-bit era I’ll admit I did not think too much of Namco. Not that they weren’t putting out good games, but compared to Capcom and Konami they were low on my priority list. All that changed...

June 17, 2019 No Responses

Astal

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 09/27/95 Genre: Platformer Heading into the 32-bit generation the future looked bright. The 2d platformer was near perfect, with some of the best games of all time released at the tail end of the...

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