Fantasy Zone (NES)

Fantasy Zone (NES)

Developer: Pixel    Publisher: Tengen    Release: 1990   Genre: Shooter Fantasy Zone was one of many Sega titles I played on the NES before learning they were Sega titles. Thanks Tengen. Even at the age of eight I was a proud...
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Pac-Mania

Pac-Mania

Developer: Sculptured Software    Publisher: Tengen    Release: 1991   Genre: Action Pac-Man. If you are over the age of 35 chances are you have played some incarnation of Namco’s classic. But while the original arcade game is an indelible...
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Snow Bros. starring Nick and Tom

Snow Bros. starring Nick and Tom

Developer: Toaplan    Publisher: Tengen    Release: 05/28/93   Genre: Action Most remember Toaplan for their legendary shooter lineup. To say that they were one of the masters of the genre is an understatement. But they have just as many great...
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Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt

Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt

Developer: Tengen     Publisher: Tengen     Released: 1993     Genre: Platformer Someday someone will write a book about the mascot platformer wars of the early 90s. No farm animal was safe as the video game industry looked for anything to give the...
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Shinobi

Shinobi

Developer: Team Shinobi    Publisher: Tengen     Released: 1989    Genre: Action Shinobi is a great arcade game that drained quarters around the world. I loved it even though I lost plenty of money to its ridiculous difficulty. But it was...
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Alien Syndrome

Alien Syndrome

Developer: Sunsoft      Publisher: Tengen      Released: 1989      Genre: Action Sega games on a Nintendo system will never stop being strange to me. I realize they have been third party since 2001 but as a seasoned veteran of the console wars...
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Dragon’s Fury

Dragon’s Fury

Developer: Technosoft    Publisher: Tengen    Released: 1992    Genre: Pinball I have always been fascinated by the idea of pinball more than the reality of playing it. Growing up pinball tables were everywhere, featuring any license you could think o...
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Grind Stormer

Grind Stormer

Developer: Toaplan      Publisher: Tengen      Released: 1994      Genre: Shooter The Genesis, like the Turbo Grafx, featured excellent hardware that almost seemed tailor made for the shooter genre. Many developers cottoned on to that fact as it...
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James Bond 007: the Duel

James Bond 007: the Duel

Developer: the Kremlin    Publisher: Domark    Release: 08/14/93   Genre: Action Goldeneye 007 was a landmark title for the N64 and console first person shooters as well. Not only did it prove that the genre could work on console...
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Robo Aleste

Robo Aleste

Developer: Compile    Publisher: Tengen    Release: 1993   Genre: Shooter The Sega CD is the butt of many jokes in plenty of circles. To some extent it does deserve some of the ridicule regarding its library. While Sega of Japan...
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