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October 6, 2021 No Responses

Shadow Blasters

Developer: Cyclone System Publisher: Sage’s Creation Released: 1990 Genre: Action Sage’s Creation is a forgotten publisher from the early days of the Sega Genesis. They were one of the few to support the system in light of Nintendo’s...

October 4, 2021 No Responses

Kirby’s Adventure

Developer: HAL Labs Publisher: Nintendo Released 1993 Genre: Platformer Kirby’s Dream Land was a seminal title for the Gameboy and made the character an instant star. His next outing would surprisingly come to the NES in its twilight years....

September 24, 2021 No Responses

Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow

Developer: Disney Interactive Publisher: Disney Interactive Released: 11/96 Genre: Action For as popular as Donald Duck is it is surprising that he has not starred in more video games. His batting average is pretty good all things...

September 22, 2021 No Responses

The Flintstones

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1993 Genre: Platformer I will admit to being pleasantly surprised by Taito’s various licensed Hanna Barbara titles. These fairly innocuous licenses would normally be farmed out to a bottom of t...

September 13, 2021 No Responses

Robocop 2

Developer: Paint by Numbers, Inc. Publisher: Data East Released: April 1991 Genre: Action Watching Robocop when I was entirely too young to do so is one of the most indelible experiences of my childhood. Surprisingly for such a violent...

September 10, 2021 No Responses

Ushio to Tora

Developer: Yutaka Publisher: Yutaka Released: 01/25/1993 Genre: Action In the US Nintendo gained a reputation for being kiddy at a time when Sega were pushing the envelope. It is a reputation they gladly paraded around back in...

September 3, 2021 No Responses

Congo’s Caper

Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Released: 1993 Genre: Platformer For me Joe & Mac was one of the highlights of the early SNES period. Although it was vastly different from the arcade game I still enjoyed it nonetheless,...

August 18, 2021 No Responses

Saint Sword

Developer: Cyclone System Publisher: Taito Released: 1991 Genre: Action I am a sucker for a good fantasy novel or movie. The Dragonlance series of books were some of my favorites so any game that came close to...

August 9, 2021 No Responses

Fox’s Peter Pan and the Pirates

Developer: Equilibrium Inc. Publisher: THQ Released: January 1991 Genre: Action I remember Peter Pan and the Pirates as a cartoon that focused on the fun side of being a kid forever. It came on during the day so...

July 26, 2021 No Responses

Bonk III: Bonk’s Big Adventure

Developer: A.I. Co. Publisher: Turbo Technologies Inc. Released: 1993 Genre: Platformer There were many casualties during the mascot platformer wars of the 16-bit era. For every Sonic and Sparkster there were countless Awesome Possums and...

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