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January 3, 2017 2 Responses

Mega Man 2

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1989 Genre: Platformer There have been many sequels that were better than their predecessor. Not that it should come as a surprise because it is expected at the very least. But some games go so...

January 2, 2017 5 Responses

Mega Man

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1987 Genre: Platformer If I had to create a personal Mount Rushmore of games that shaped my tastes it would consist of Super Mario Brothers, the Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Mega Man. Eac...

December 28, 2016 one Response

Bonk’s Adventure

Developer: Red/Atlus Publisher: NEC Release: 04/90 Genre: Platformer I think it is safe to say that the Turbo Grafx-16 did not make a great first impression in North America. While the NES had Super Mario Brothers and the...

December 26, 2016 6 Responses

Astyanax

Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Release: 03/90 Genre: Action I remember picking up the box for Astyanax in Woolworth wondering how to pronounce the title, let alone what it was. If that was the marketing department’s intent it definitely w...

December 16, 2016 No Responses

Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken

Developer: Graphic Research Company Publisher: Tomy Released: 12/16/94 Genre: Action Here in the West the Disney license one publisher would handle their titles per platform. Initially Sega did a fine job churning out gold for their systems with Virg...

December 14, 2016 4 Responses

Revenge of Shinobi

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 12/89 Genre: Action The Revenge of Shinobi was probably one of the first killer apps for the Sega Genesis. That is a bold statement but completely true. In the early years of the system’s...

December 12, 2016 No Responses

Happily Ever After

As much as we all loved Disney’s animated films during the early 90s there is a brief window that no one ever talks about. In the mid-80s Filmation, the fine creators of such classics as He-Man and Fat Albert decided...

December 9, 2016 4 Responses

King of Demons (Majyuuou)

Developer: KSS Publisher: KSS Released: 08/25/95 Genre: Action While we are familiar with Japanese publishers such as Capcom, Konami, and Square Enix over the decades there have been many companies that have flirted with game’s publishing tha...

December 5, 2016 2 Responses

Batman

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 02/90 Genre: Action Movie licensed video games are bad. Even at a young age I knew this was a fact. After suffering through the likes of ET for the Atari 2600, Back to the...

November 28, 2016 one Response

Mitsume ga Tooru

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Tomy Released: 07/17/92 Genre: Platformer Capcom, Konami, and to a lesser extent Sunsoft are revered for putting out legendary NES titles. Their reputations are wholly deserved as some of the fondest NES classics...

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