Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck

Developer: Core Design    Publisher: Virgin Interactive    Release: 09/93   Genre: Platformer I was not a fan of Chuck Rock. As one of the first European platformers I was exposed to its flaws stuck out compared to the tight Japanese...
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Crisis Beat

Crisis Beat

Developer: Soft Machine    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 08/18/00   Genre: Beat em up The original PlayStation has games for everyone in every genre. You like fighting games? Well god damn son there is an embarrassment of riches. Sports games?...
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Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou

Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou

Developer: Winds Co.    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 09/29/95    Genre: Beat em up The Super Famicom library is a treasure trove of beat em ups that never left Japan. Many are solid to great arcade ports like Undercover Cops...
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Cool Spot SNES

Cool Spot SNES

Developer: Virgin    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 12/10/93    Genre: Action Cool Spot was one of the most pleasant surprises of the 16-bit era. Virgin were an incredible developer back then, able to churn out excellent original titles as well as lice...
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Chuck Rock

Chuck Rock

Developer: Core Design    Publisher: Virgin   Release: 1991   Genre: Platformer Ah the caveman game. Once upon a time cavemen were all the rage alongside witches in the 16-bit era. Everyone knows Bonk but few remember a prehistoric hero that...
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Wolfchild

Wolfchild

Developer: Core Design    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 06/93    Genre: Action In the 16-bit era Amiga ports to home consoles were common. Since the Amiga was not as popular in the US I am sure for most this was our only...
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Spot Goes to Hollywood

Spot Goes to Hollywood

Developer: Eurocom   Publisher: Virgin Interactive   Release: 11/95    Genre: Action Cool Spot was one of the biggest unexpected surprises of the 16-bit era. By that point almost everyone understood most licensed games were trash and the cynical take...
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Robocop vs the Terminator

Robocop vs the Terminator

Developer: Virgin    Publisher: Virgin     Released: 1993     Genre: Action Alien vs Predator. King Kong vs Godzilla. We all love a good mashup. But few go so well together as Robocop vs the Terminator. The comic book series from Dark Horse...
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The Lion King

The Lion King

Developer: Westwood Studios    Publisher Virgin Interactive    Released: 1994    Genre: Platformer For as much as we praise Capcom and Sega for their handling of the Disney license Virgin deserves to be in the conversation as well. During the 16-bit e...
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The Terminator

The Terminator

Developer: Probe Software    Publisher: Virgin Interactive    Released: 1992    Genre: Action You would think the Terminator license would be host to a legion of kick ass run and gun video games. Yet somehow even though multiple developers tried their...
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