Tag: 1991

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 01/05/91   Genre: Action As flawed as it was I do still wish the original Wai Wai World had come to the US. The concept of an all-out jam starring the intellectual properties of a...

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/91    Genre: Action Even though the SNES and Genesis were both on the market by 1991 publishers were still keen to take advantage of the massive NES audience. While most of the popular IP were...

Developer: SNK    Publisher: Treco    Release: 06/91   Genre: Action When it comes to fighting games everyone remembers Street Fighter 2 as the progenitor of the genre as we know it. But prior to contrary belief there were other games before...

Developer: Takeru    Publisher: Sur de Wave   Release: 05/03/91   Genre: Action Cocoron is the type of game I would have appreciated later in the NES’ life. By the end of its run the NES library was overrun by licensed...

Developer: Westone    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991   Genre: Action As much as I find the Wonder Boy lineage and naming scheme confusing as hell I have always appreciated the series ability to change at the drop of a dime. Wonder...

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991   Genre: RPG Peruse a list of Sega Genesis Rpgs and chances are Fatal Labyrinth is missing. As an early Genesis title it is somewhat forgotten within the genre. It is understandable; roguelike...

Developer: Radiance Software    Publisher: NEC    Released: 1991   Genre: Platformer One of the most perplexing things about the Turbo Grafx-16 library is NEC’s choice of titles they localized. While they brought over gems like Ys Book I & II...

Developer: Cyclone System    Publisher: Asmik    Released: November 1991    Genre: Action Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth is quite possibly one of the strangest titles in the NES library. It is hard to even describe it....

Developer: Sega     Publisher: Renovation     Released: January 2, 1991    Genre: Action Of all of Sega’s many arcade ports to the Genesis I avoided Gain Ground for no reason. Call it bias or a misunderstanding but one look at screenshots...