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...
Tag: 1993
Time Gal
Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Renovation Release: 1993 Genre: FMV To this day I question why Sega of America focused their marketing of the Sega CD around FMV games so heavily. The system was woefully inadequate at presenting those...
Golden Axe III
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 06/25/93 Genre: Action My love of Golden Axe as a series is an enigma. If we are being honest more than half the titles in the series are mediocre. Yet I still like the...
Mazinger Z
Developer: Winky Soft Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/25/93 Genre: Beat em up This one is a serious blast from the past. I watched Mazinger Z when it was brought to the US as Transor Z. I remember liking the...
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...
Socket
Developer: Vik Tokai Publisher: Vik Tokai Release: 08/17/93 Genre: Platformer In the video game industry one of the easiest paths to success is to copy the most popular game at the time. Super Mario Brothers had its moment and...
Edono Kiba
Developer: Riot Publisher: Micro World Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi made me a fan of ninja action games. While Sega received the lion’s share of attention thanks to the quality of the Genesis Shinobi...
Total Carnage
Developer: Black Pearl Publisher: Malibu Release: 11/93 Genre: Action I loved Smash T.V., both in the arcade and at home on the SNES. That was in spite of the fact I was terrible at the game until...
Batman Returns (NES)
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/93 Genre: Beat ’em up As the movie event of the year Batman Returns hit every viable platform on the market. Even European PCs received some version of the game. So it stands to...
The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!
Developer: Natsume Publisher: Taito Release: 12/92 Genre: Platformer I grew up on a steady diet of Hanna Barbera reruns from the 60s. In a time before streaming and cable TV being a regular thing those old cartoons were a...