Tag: SNK

Ikari III: the Rescue
August 30, 2021 No Responses

Ikari III: the Rescue

Developer: SNK     Publisher: SNK     Released: 1990    Genre: Action The Ikari Warriors series in the arcade were pretty good games overall. Unfortunately they were absolutely dreadful on the NES, especially the first game. Somehow despite that fact it was one...
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Fatal Fury
July 30, 2021 No Responses

Fatal Fury

Developer: SNK    Publisher: Takara     Released: 1993     Genre: Fighting Anyone gamer who grew up in the 80s and 90s coveted the Neo Geo. A console with perfect arcade conversions was like the Holy Grail. The problem was no one could...
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King of the Monsters
April 2, 2021 No Responses

King of the Monsters

Developer: SNK    Publisher: Takara    Released: 07/31/92    Genre: Fighting In 1991 the thought of owning a Neo Geo was preposterous. At $600 I would have had to rob a bank to afford the system, let alone the games. But...
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Metal Slug – Super Vehicle-001
January 20, 2021 one Response

Metal Slug – Super Vehicle-001

Developer: Nazca     Publisher: SNK    Released: 08/07/97     Genre: Action The early years of the Neo Geo saw a fairly diverse lineup of arcade titles that covered most genres. When combined with the system’s horsepower SNK’s games looked a cut.....
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Guerilla War
April 27, 2020 No Responses

Guerilla War

Developer: SNK     Publisher: SNK     Released:1989     Genre: Action SNK had a strange fascination with war games in the 80s.  From Ikari Warriors to P.O.W. and Iron Tank the theme was pretty consistent.  More than likely they were simply leverag...
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Iron Tank
August 26, 2019 one Response

Iron Tank

I was not a fan of the NES port of Ikari Warriors.  It was a Micronics hack job that was so slow and brutal that I nearly wrote off the series because of it.  However the one good thing I...
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Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
July 29, 2019 No Responses

Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road

Buying new games when you are young is akin to a religious experience.  For most children new games were a rarity, usually relegated to birthdays and the occasional holiday.  Your mind is racing as you consider what game you’ll buy...
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Ikari Warriors
May 13, 2019 one Response

Ikari Warriors

Sometimes I miss the big dumb action movie phase of the 1980s.  I will fully admit that most of those films were not good upon closer inspection.  But they were at least entertaining.  And they inspired a legion of awesome...
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P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
November 6, 2017 one Response

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

Developer: SNK    Publisher: SNK    Release: 09/89    Genre: Beat em up I’ve never really given it much thought but SNK really seemed to love military action games in the 80s. It should not be that surprising considering that particular decade...
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Art of Fighting
January 18, 2017 4 Responses

Art of Fighting

Developer: SNK     Publisher: Sega    Released: 1994     Genre: Fighting Art of Fighting has always held an interesting position in SNK’s fighting lineup. No one can argue that Fatal Fury was its bread and butter, to be succeeded by the King of...
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