Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: NEC    Release: 06/12/93   Genre: Fighting Once Street Fighter II hit the SNES the floodgates were open. Arcade games previously thought impossible for home release were ported to the 16-bit consoles en masse. While the Sega Genesis...
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Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys

Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys

Developer: Hudson Soft   Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 12/22/93   Genre: Action RPG I think it is safe to say Ys III is the most divisive entry in the series. The switch from overhead action to side-scrolling platforming was...
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Ys III: Wanderer’s from Ys (Turbo Grafx-16)

Ys III: Wanderer’s from Ys (Turbo Grafx-16)

Developer: Alfa System   Publisher: NEC    Release: 11/91    Genre: Action RPG Even though many hate Zelda II I loved it. Back then there were no expectations placed on video games so we accepted that a sequel could be completely different...
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Ys Book I & II

Ys Book I & II

Developer: Alfa System    Publisher: NEC    Release: 1990   Genre: Action RPG I looked forward to playing Ys Book I & II for many years. Ever since it received a perfect 10 in Electronic Gaming Monthly it seemed liked the...
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The Dynastic Hero

The Dynastic Hero

Developer: Alfa System    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 1993   Genre: Action RPG One day, one day I will untangle the messy history and lineage of the Wonder Boy series. Wonder Boy in Monster World was one of my favorite...
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Final Soldier

Final Soldier

Developer: Now Production   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Release: 07/05/91   Genre: Shooter I never liked the Star Soldier games on the NES. With far superior competition in the form of Zanac, Life Force, and Gun-Nac they were simply too...
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Fushigi no Yume no Alice

Fushigi no Yume no Alice

Developer: Face   Publisher: Face   Release: 12/07/90   Genre: Platformer Platforming fans had a rough go of it on the Turbo Grafx. While SNES and Genesis owners were spoiled for choice in the US the pickings were slim for...
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Double Dragon 2 – the Revenge

Double Dragon 2 – the Revenge

Developer: Kid Co.   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 03/12/93   Genre: Beat em up My initial exposure to Double Dragon 2 was the brilliant NES version which was essentially a remake. I did not play the arcade game until...
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L-Dis

L-Dis

Developer: Dual   Publisher: Masaya   Release: 04/05/91   Genre: Shooter In the land of video games sometimes you have to something absurd to stand out. The PC Engine has more shooters than you can possibly imagine. To be fair...
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Star Parodier

Star Parodier

Developer: Kaneki, Inster State Co.    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 04/24/92   Genre: Shooter Apparently every long running shooter series has to poke fun at itself at some point. Konami pioneered the art of parody with Parodius which to this...
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