Dr. Chaos

Dr. Chaos

Developer: Marionette    Publisher: FCI    Release: 11/88    Genre: Action There are not many games I have hated within a few minutes of picking up the controller. Dr. Chaos is one of them. I will give it credit for being ambitious. For...
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Air Zonk

Air Zonk

Developer: Red Company   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Released: 1992   Genre: Shooter There were plenty of successful mascot platformers during the 16-bit age.  The true sign of success came when the character would branch out into other genres.  Mario wou...
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Target Earth

Target Earth

Developer: Masaya    Publisher: Dreamworks    Release: 1990   Genre: Action The NES library covered pretty much all genres but conspicuously absent were games starring giant robots. No, Probotector does not count. If you explore the Famicom library you ...
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Pop’n Twinbee

Pop’n Twinbee

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Released: 03/26/93    Genre: Shooter I’ve played my fair share of shooters of all stripes. Bullet hell, cute em ups, rail shooters, the list goes on and on. I’ve adapted to some weird mechanics but I...
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Bionic Commando

Bionic Commando

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: December 1988     Genre: Action To anyone who had the misfortune of playing the original Bionic Commando arcade game, I’m sorry.  While the germ of a good idea was there but sloppy execution w...
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Mystic Formula

Mystic Formula

The Turbo Grafx-16 is a haven for shooters of nearly all stripes be it horizontal or vertical.  Unfortunately if you are a top down shooter fan the pickings are slim.  Bloody Wolf is usually the go to but after that...
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Joe & Mac

Joe & Mac

I loved that weird period in the early 90s where caveman platformers were an actual thing.  Bonk’s Adventure, Chuck Rock, Prehistorik Man, the Humans, I loved all of them.  Except Chuck Rock.  Because Chuck Rock sucks and I’ll fight anyone.....
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7th Saga

7th Saga

Developer: Produce Co.      Publisher: Enix      Released: August 3, 1993     Genre: RPG     Platform: SNES It was common practice back in the day to make difficulty adjustments when localizing games for western markets.  Games were made a b...
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Tetrastar the Fighter

Tetrastar the Fighter

Developer: Home Data Corp.      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1991      Genre: Shooter      Platform: NES I can admit to being insanely jealous that Sega Master System owners had a somewhat decent version of Space Harrier.  I loved that ...
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Cadash

Cadash

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Working Designs     Released: 1991     Genre: Action Growing up I had a love/hate relationship with the arcade.  The arcade was the place to see some of the most technologically advanced games of the time.  And I l...
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