Alien Storm
Developer: Team Shinobi Publisher: Sega Release: 06/91 Genre: Beat em up Alien Storm is a strange one for me. I remember being indifferent to it at first. It was rare to see it in the arcade and I...
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Outrun
Developer: Hertz Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Racing My experiences with Outrun are a bit odd compared to everyone else. I did not play the arcade game at first; my first exposure to the series was actually the Master...
Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy’s Invention
Developer: Blue Sky Software Publisher: Sega Release: 06/15/93 Genre: Platformer Growing up Ren & Stimpy was always a curiosity to me. I’ve never been a fan of the types of gross out humor the series specialized in. But at the...
Rambo III
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/89 Genre: Action I avoided Rambo III like the plague back in the day. You see I had a terrible time with Rambo on the NES and wanted nothing to do with anything with his...
Jet Grind Radio
Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Release: 10/31/00 Genre: Action Sega were on fire with the Dreamcast, releasing stunning arcade ports and original titles alike. There’s something to be said for your creativity being unleashed when your bac...
Clockwork Knight
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 05/11/95 Genre: Platformer With its pre-rendered graphics, insane line scrolling and large sprites Clockwork Knight looked like a platformer fan’s dream. The early import reviews seemed to beat that ...
Silpheed
Developer: Game Arts Publisher: Sega Release: 1993 Genre: Shooter Star Fox was a watershed moment for console gaming, as hard as it may be to believe. 3d games had appeared on consoles before but in a limited capacity. But...
Shinobi III – Return of the Ninja Master
Developer: Megasoft Publisher: Sega Release: 1993 Genre: Action Shinobi III – Return of the Ninja Master is one of the greatest action games of all time. Revenge of Shinobi was one of the first truly great Genesis games...
Mercs
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 10/91 Genre: Action Sega were in an interesting position with the Genesis. Because of Nintendo’s strong arm tactics with third parties they had little support early on. But they figure out a clever loop...
Strider (Sega)
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/90 Genre: Action I loved arcade games growing up but learned to accept that the NES couldn’t recreate most of my favorite titles perfectly. I like Double Dragon II and TMNT II but...