Robocco Wars

Robocco Wars

 Developer: Pixel   Publisher: IGS/Taito   Release: 08/02/91   Genre: Action Taito is criminally underrated as a publisher. While many know them for their legendary arcade output like Bubble Bobble and Darius they were also pretty prolific on the home...
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Battle Zeque Den

Battle Zeque Den

Developer: Arsys  Software   Publisher: Asmik    Release: 07/15/94   Genre: Beat ’em up The Super Famicom library is a treasure trove of overlooked games. While everyone fawns over the numerous Square Enix RPGS that never left Japan there are...
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Mazinger Z

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...
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G Vector

G Vector

Developer: Soft Office   Publisher: Soft Office   Release: 10/16/97   Genre: Shooter For many Virtua Fighter was the star of the Sega Saturn launch. It is easy to see why; it was the first major fighting game in 3d...
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Terranigma

Terranigma

Developer: Quintet    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 12/19/96   Genre: Action RPG One of the great injustices of the 16-bit era is that Terranigma did not release in the US. It is understandable; as a late 1995 release any localization would take...
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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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Ai Senshi Nicol

Ai Senshi Nicol

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 04/24/87    Genre: Action Looking back there were surprisingly few top down action games on the NES. For a system that more or less covered every base this one niche is a bit lacking. The ones...
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Halley Wars

Halley Wars

Developer: Taito   Publisher: Taito   Release: 01/14/89   Genre: Shooter Even as early as the late 80s the shooter genre began to hit a rut. The biggest titles in the genre such as Gradius and R-Type cast a large...
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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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Edono Kiba

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...
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