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June 21, 2024 No Responses

Rainbow Islands – the Story of Bubble Bobble 2

Developer: Disco Publisher: Taito Release: 06/91 Genre: Platformer Bubble Bobble is one of my favorite multiplayer games on the NES. The game is extremely fun with a friend and it also does not hurt that you need two...

March 29, 2024 No Responses

The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates

Developer: Sting Publisher: Taito Release: 06/94 Genre: Platformer Taito did an amazing job creating good platformers around the Hanna Barbera properties during the 8 and 16-bit eras. I freely admit I had low expectations for these games yet...

August 21, 2023 No Responses

Bubble Symphony

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Publisher: 11/27/97 Genre: Platformer Watching arcades disappear around the mid-90s was a sad sight. Not only because it was a place to meet fellow gamers before the internet became big but also because there we...

May 22, 2023 No Responses

Robocco Wars

Developer: Pixel Publisher: IGS/Taito Release: 08/02/91 Genre: Action Taito is criminally underrated as a publisher. While many know them for their legendary arcade output like Bubble Bobble and Darius they were also pretty prolific on the home...

May 17, 2023 No Responses

New Zealand Story

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 11/12/92 Genre: Action I was a latecomer to New Zealand Story. Despite the massive number of ports I avoided the game for no other reason that I could. But once I gave the...

March 27, 2023 No Responses

Halley Wars

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 01/14/89 Genre: Shooter Even as early as the late 80s the shooter genre began to hit a rut. The biggest titles in the genre such as Gradius and R-Type cast a large...

March 13, 2023 No Responses

The Flintstones: the Rescue of Dino and Hoppy

Developer: Publisher: Taito Release: 12/91 Genre: Action Of all the licensed titles on the NES the Flintstones and Jetsons games from Taito are some of the best. Capcom worked magic with the Disney license yet other publishers were not...

February 1, 2023 No Responses

Thunder Fox

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 1991 Genre: Action Of the many titles in the Genesis’s early years Thunder Fox is one that I frequently forget. Thunder Fox was not a significant hit in the arcade but a...

January 23, 2023 No Responses

The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Taito Release: 12/92 Genre: Platformer I grew up on a steady diet of Hanna Barbera reruns from the 60s. In a time before streaming and cable TV being a regular thing those old cartoons were a...

December 14, 2022 No Responses

SCI: Special Criminal Investigation

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 01/25/91 Genre: Racing Chase H.Q. was an interesting spin on the “racing” genre. Technically you were still racing against the clock to catch up to your suspect. But the overall goal was not to...

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