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January 15, 2018 3 Responses

Wizards & Warriors

Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim Release: 12/87 Genre: Platformer I remember thinking pretty highly of Wizards & Warriors back in the day. I will admit some of my fondness for the game stems from its Worlds of Power novelization. This...

January 10, 2018 one Response

Quackshot starring Donald Duck

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Platformer Looking back its kind of surprising how adventurous Sega were with the Disney license. While Capcom and Virgin churned out unambitious platformers Sega were not afraid to take risks...

December 22, 2017 one Response

Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 11/28/91 Genre: Platformer When I step back and analyze why I like Dark Souls so much I think it stems from my love of the Ghouls ‘N Ghosts series. Both series are incredibly punishing...

December 20, 2017 6 Responses

Bonk’s Revenge

Developer: Red Publisher: NEC Release: 1991 Genre: Platformer Bonk’s Adventure was a good first step in establishing a new franchise. It was original, had good gameplay, and certainly looked nice for the time. NEC knew this as it was...

December 18, 2017 5 Responses

Metroid

Developer: Nintendo R & D 1 Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/15/87 Genre: Platformer Metroid has always been a bit of an anomaly in Nintendo’s library. Where I was used to bright and cheery worlds in Nintendo’s games Metroid stood in...

December 15, 2017 3 Responses

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 08/16/93 Genre: Platformer I really miss Tiny Toons. Today’s generation really missed out on a brilliant reinvention of the classic Looney Toons characters and their humor. The characters t...

December 11, 2017 3 Responses

Batman: Return of the Joker

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 12/91 Genre: Action Batman for NES was a welcome surprise that no one saw coming. After numerous licensed games that were absolute turds like Back to the Future and Superman Sunsoft showed everyone ...

December 4, 2017 No Responses

Isolated Warrior

Developer: KID Publisher: NTVIC Release: 02/91 Genre: Action If the Isolated Warrior in the title refers to hero Max Maverick and his solo journey, than buddy get in line. This shit has been going on for forty years....

November 8, 2017 one Response

Ninja Gaiden II – the Dark Sword of Chaos

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 05/90 Genre: Action As much as it frustrates me Ninja Gaiden is still one of my favorite NES games ever. I would not have dumped hundreds of hours mastering it just to reach its...

November 3, 2017 2 Responses

Kendo Rage

Developer: Affect Publisher: Seta Release: 10/93 Genre: Action Sometimes I wonder how or why certain games were ever localized. For every Castlevania or Mega Man, the types of games a publisher would be fools to leave in...

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