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May 17, 2017 No Responses

Rapid Reload

Developer: Media Vision Publisher: SCEE Release: 09/29/95 Genre: Action Gunner’s Heaven holds the distinction of being one of the first PlayStation games I ever read about. Next to Battle Arena Toshinden it seemed like the coolest game in...

May 12, 2017 one Response

SD Kidou Senshi Gundam – V Sakusen Shidou

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 09/12/92 Genre: Action I remember being curious about the innumerable Mobile Suit Gundam games that were advertised in the back of magazines like EGM and Gamefan. They seemed like the coolest games i...

May 3, 2017 one Response

3-D World Runner

Developer: Square Publisher: Square Released: 1987 Genre: Action Growing up whenever it was time to buy a new game it was cause for celebration. That is a feeling any gamer can relate to unless you grew up rich, in which...

May 1, 2017 No Responses

Vice: Project Doom

Developer: Aicom Publisher: American Sammy Release: 11/91 Genre: Action I am ashamed to admit I wrote off Vice: Project Doom for a very long time. I thought the box art was lame so I avoided it. At this...

April 24, 2017 5 Responses

DuckTales

It’s hard to believe DuckTales is Capcom’s first actual Disney game as it really set a high bar. That it turned out so good comes as no surprise; Capcom were on fire with the NES. The fact that DuckTales is...

April 21, 2017 No Responses

Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/92 Genre: Platformer In the dark age of licensed games for the NES Capcom showed that you could create a more than respectable title if you actually gave a damn about the license. In some...

April 17, 2017 No Responses

Aladdin

Developer: NMS Software Publisher: Virgin Release: 1994 Genre: Platformer Aladdin was the movie event of 1992 and with good reason. The film was amazing, both story wise and in its animation. The following year the video game blitz would...

March 31, 2017 2 Responses

Chip & Dale’s Rescue Rangers

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 06/90 Genre: Platformer I almost feel bad for the kids of today. Back in the day the Disney afternoon was a solid two hour block of cartoon goodness that everyone was anxious to watch....

March 27, 2017 No Responses

The Lone Ranger

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/91 Genre: Action Towards the end of the NES life Konami released licensed games targeted at western gamers rather than sequels to their intellectual properties. Tiny Toon Adventures, Mission Imp...

February 20, 2017 No Responses

Youkai Club

As the NES rose to prominence platformers took over the market with every publisher getting in on it. Even though we got our fair share there were 3 times as many platformers that didn’t come to the US. Of course...

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