Magnum Kiki Ippatsu: Empire City: 1931

Magnum Kiki Ippatsu: Empire City: 1931

Developer: I.S.I.    Publisher: Toshiba EMI   Release: 12/15/87   Genre: Rail Shooter I like rail shooters. Ever since Space Harrier on the Master System made me jealous of my friends who owned the system I have chased that high. But...
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Summer Carnival ’92 Recca

Summer Carnival ’92 Recca

Developer: KID   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 07/17/92  Genre: Shooter Absolutely incredible. That is all I can say. Summer Carnival ’92 Recca is the most technically accomplished game on the NES let alone in the shooter category. In terms of...
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Nexzr

Nexzr

Developer: Inter State   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 12/11/92   Genre: Shooter It is inevitable. When you have so many shooters on one platform eventually they will start to blend together. It does not help that most are content...
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Radia Senki – Reimeihen

Radia Senki – Reimeihen

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 11/15/91   Genre: Action RPG The action RPG library for the NES in America was a bit light. We received some bangers for sure such as Crystalis, Faxanadu, and Willow but the pickings were slim...
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Kūsō Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy

Kūsō Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy

Developer: Amble   Publisher: Bandai   Release: 06/28/96   Genre: Action RPG Anime licensed games in Japan back in the 16-bit era were usually fighting games or generic platformers. When you need to get a game out as quickly as...
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Famicom Jump – Hero Retsuden

Famicom Jump – Hero Retsuden

Developer: Tose   Publisher: Bandai   Release: 02/15/89   Genre: RPG Weekly Shonen Jump is an institution in Japan. Although there are dozens of manga anthologies in Japan even to this day it still remains the most popular. Their list...
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Youkai Yashiki

Youkai Yashiki

Developer: Irem   Publisher: Irem   Release: 10/23/87   Genre: Action The Famicom Disk System is a fascinating piece of hardware from a historical perspective. In Japan for a while there it completely overtook the Famicom and nearly all releases...
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Sengoku Denshou

Sengoku Denshou

Developer: Dragnet    Publisher: Sammy    Release: 12/28/93   Genre: Beat ’em up Before SNK rode the fighting game renaissance into the ground the Neo Geo was host to an assortment of beat em ups. With their graphical prowess these...
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Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker

Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Irem    Release: 12/18/92   Genre: Shooter I liked Image Fight. There were a number of arcade games that received both NES and PC Engine ports and while NEC’s version was always better both were respectable. Image Fight.....
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The Goonies

The Goonies

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/21/86   Genre: Platformer What happened to the Goonies I? I am sure I am not alone in wondering that when the Goonies II released in America. Any child of the 80s is familiar with...
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