Tinhead

Tinhead

Developer: Micropose    Publisher: Spectrum Holobyte    Release: 10/94    Genre: Platformer As the mascot platformers raged on to the end of the 16-bit generation developers would finally “get” it. The realization that it takes more than a cute face and some floating...
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The Pirates of Dark Water (Genesis)

The Pirates of Dark Water (Genesis)

Developer: Iguana    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 06/94   Genre: Action The Pirates of Dark Water. This one is a blast from the past. Prior to reviewing these games I had long since forgotten about this cartoon. The series was intriguing...
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Alfred Chicken

Alfred Chicken

Developer: Twilight   Publisher: Mindscape    Release: 02/94    Genre: Platformer Alfred Chicken. For such an obscure title it received heavy print advertising back in the day. I could not turn a page in a magazine without seeing his big stupid...
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Street Racer

Street Racer

Developer: Vivid Image    Publisher: Ubi Soft    Release: 94    Genre: Racing Super Mario Kart was the bestselling racing game of its generation. At just under 9 million copies sold it was also one of the bestselling SNES games of all time....
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Stunt Race FX

Stunt Race FX

Developer: Nintendo EAD   Publisher: Nintendo   Release: 10/10/94   Genre: Racing When Star Fox released it made a big splash. 3d was still relatively new on consoles and it was a good shooter in spite of its technical faults. Stunt Race FX...
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Outrunners

Outrunners

Developer: Sega CS3    Publisher: Data East    Release: 06/14/94   Genre: Racing Outrun is one of the most beloved racing games of the 80s. From its style to its music the game was a first class effort all around....
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Zoda’s Revenge – Star Tropics II

Zoda’s Revenge – Star Tropics II

Developer: Nintendo    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 03/15/94    Genre: Action-Adventure Star Tropics is an odd game among Nintendo’s lineup. As a very clear Zelda inspired adventure it was targeted toward the Western audience who might have found ...
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Super Ninja Kun

Super Ninja Kun

Developer: Jaleco   Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 08/05/94   Genre: Platformer Jaleco was always a mid-sized publisher who never quite reached the level of Capcom or Konami. They published a wide variety of titles but their most well known in the...
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Monster World IV

Monster World IV

Developer: Westone    Publisher: Sega    Release: 04/01/94   Genre: Adventure Wonder Boy is a series I grew to appreciate over time. Once they became action adventure games instead of simple platformers the series found its footing and is generally exce...
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Pop‘n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures

Pop‘n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures

sDeveloper: Konami   Publisher: Konami   Release: 01/07/94  Genre: Action It is not fair. Konami brought many of their Japanese shooters and platformers to Europe but not the US and I am still jealous to this day. Many of these are some...
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