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April 30, 2018 3 Responses

Adventure Island

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 09/88 Genre: Platformer I honestly do not know when my obsession with Adventure Island began. Maybe it was the name; and island full of adventure sounds like the greatest thing in the world....

April 25, 2018 one Response

Cross Wiber

Developer: FACE Publisher: Sankindo Released: 12/21/90 Genre: Action Cyber Cross was not a good game. It was the kind of generic pap you get not long after a system launch and was mediocre in every way. It was doubly embarrassing...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

Low G Man

Developer: KID Publisher: Taxan Release: 09/90 Genre: Action We live in an era where we can find footage of new video games at the touch of a button. Not only that many games have betas open to nearly everyone....

April 18, 2018 2 Responses

Shinobi III – Return of the Ninja Master

Developer: Megasoft Publisher: Sega Release: 1993 Genre: Action Shinobi III – Return of the Ninja Master is one of the greatest action games of all time. Revenge of Shinobi was one of the first truly great Genesis games...

April 16, 2018 No Responses

Moon Crystal

Developer: Hect Publisher: Hect Released: 08/28/92 Genre: Platformer It is hard to believe that a strong title like Moon Crystal never left Japan. An obscure US publisher named DTMC were set to bring it to the US. I guess...

March 30, 2018 No Responses

Kishin Douji Zenki: Battle Raiden

Developer: CA Production Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 08/04/95 Genre: Action While westerners dreaded any and all licensed titles because they were usually terrible in Japan they dealt with a similar problem when it came to anime an...

March 26, 2018 one Response

Star Wars – the Empire Strikes Back

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: JVC Release: 1992 Genre: Action Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back was released at an interesting time. By 1992 16-bit really took off and NES releases were drying up. Super Star Wars was the g...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Mega Man X Collection

Developer: Atomic Planet Publisher: Capcom Release: 01/10/06 Genre: Platformer Hot on the heels of the well-received Mega Man Anniversary Collection Capcom announced the Mega Man X Collection. Capcom and developer Atomic Planet did a fantastic j...

March 21, 2018 No Responses

Mega Man X8

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/07/04 Genre: Action There aren’t many games that I’ve come to hate as much as Mega Man X7. I really love this series and to see what that game did to its sterling reputation...

March 16, 2018 No Responses

Mega Man X6

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/07/01 Genre: Action They couldn’t leave well enough alone. Mega Man X5 is the natural end of the series and directly leads in to Mega Man Zero. But Capcom is going to be Capcom, which...

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