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April 12, 2019 2 Responses

Ardy Lightfoot

Developer: ASCII Publisher: Titus Released: 02/94 Genre: Platformer It is funny to look back on the mascot craze of the 16-bit era. For some god forsaken reason every publisher felt they needed a mascot. The idea that a smart assed...

April 1, 2019 one Response

Adventure Island II

Developer: Now Production Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 02/91 Genre: Platformer Adventure Island was a decent game on its own merits. But through no fault of its own I did not like it. True, I was never fond of Wonder Boy,...

March 25, 2019 No Responses

Almana no Kiseki

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: August 11, 1987 Genre: Action I’ve been fascinated by the Famicom Disk System ever since I learned of its existence years after the fact. It was nice to learn what the expansion on the...

March 20, 2019 No Responses

Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey & Minnie

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/94 Genre: Platformer Capcom did justice to the Disney license with their various NES titles. Some of those titles are among the greatest video games of all time. So it stands to reason that...

February 20, 2019 one Response

Disney’s Hercules

Developer: Eurocom Publisher: Disney Interactive Released: 07/01/97 Genre: Platform Disney’s Hercules is an anomaly. It’s hard to believe now but once upon a time some of the brightest creators in the video game industry devoted...

February 13, 2019 No Responses

Rocket Knight Adventures

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/05/93 Genre: Platformer When Konami first began publishing Genesis titles the initial batch was not that impressive. Sunset Riders was a compromised port and the Hyperstone Heist couldn’t decide ...

February 8, 2019 No Responses

DuckTales 2

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 06/93 Genre: Platformer DuckTales is a legendary game and one of the greatest games of all time. At a time when licensed games were routinely horrible Capcom showed that if you handled it with...

February 4, 2019 2 Responses

Demon Sword

Developer: Tose Publisher: Taito Release: 01/90 Genre: Action The Legend of Kage. I never liked the Legend of Kage. Considering my love for old Kung-Fu movies with their aerial hijinks it should have been a shoe in to my tastes....

January 21, 2019 No Responses

Whomp ‘Em

….Someone out there is probably way too proud of that title to this day. Offensive title aside Whomp ‘Em is a game that I actively avoided for no good reason. Maybe it was the goofy name, maybe it was the...

January 14, 2019 No Responses

The Legend of Kage

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 08/87 Genre: Action Growing up in the 80s I had an appreciation for old Kung-Fu flicks and ninja movies thanks to my older brothers. Yes, the English dubs and lip sync were bad but...

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