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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...

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...

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...

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.....

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 leveraging ...

August 26, 2019 one Response

Iron Tank

Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release: 07/88 Genre: Action I was not a fan of the NES port of Ikari Warriors. It was a Micronics hack job that was so awful that I nearly wrote off the series. However the one...

July 29, 2019 No Responses

Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road

Developer: Micronics Publisher: SNK Release: 04/88 Genre: Action 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...

May 13, 2019 one Response

Ikari Warriors

Developer: Micronics Publisher: SNK Release: 05/87 Genre: Action 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...

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...

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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