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December 5, 2016 3 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...

November 21, 2016 one Response

Code Name: Viper

Developer: Arc System Works Publisher: Capcom Release: 03/90 Genre: Action Capcom were pioneers on the NES, able to balance their output with between arcade conversions and original titles. Even their “ports” to the NES tend to become complet...

November 7, 2016 2 Responses

Blaster Master

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 11/88 Genre: Action-Adventure Blaster Master is a game I did not think highly of initially. That more than likely has to do with the terrible Worlds of Power novelization I read beforehand. Talk abo...

November 5, 2016 No Responses

Night Creatures

Developer: Manley & Associates, Inc. Publisher: NEC Release: 1992 Genre: Action I remember Night Creatures from first issue of Gamepro. Their review gave it average scores across the board and briefly listed its many faults. i also remember...

November 3, 2016 2 Responses

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/26/90 Genre: Platformer Capcom usually gets the majority of the praise when the discussing Disney licensed titles. And rightfully so I might add. At a time where LJN and Ocean basically treated any lic...

October 31, 2016 3 Responses

Dr. Chaos

Developer: Marionette Publisher: FCI Release: 11/88 Genre: Action There are not many games I have hated within a few minutes of picking up the controller. Dr. Chaos is one of them. I will give it credit for being ambitious. For...

October 27, 2016 No Responses

Target Earth

Developer: Masaya Publisher: Dreamworks Release: 1990 Genre: Action The NES library covered pretty much all genres but conspicuously absent were games starring giant robots. No, Probotector does not count. If you explore the Famicom library you ...

October 24, 2016 No Responses

Bionic Commando

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 12/88 Genre: Action To anyone who had the misfortune of playing the original Bionic Commando arcade game, I am sorry. While the germ of a good idea was there the sloppy execution was its...

October 21, 2016 one Response

Joe & Mac

Developer: Eden Entertainment Release: Takara Release: 1994 Genre: Platformer I loved that weird period in the early 90s where caveman platformers were an actual thing. Bonk’s Adventure, Chuck Rock, Prehistorik Man, the Humans, I loved all of....

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