Tag: platformer

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: Namco    Publisher: NEC    Release: 01/90    Genre: Action Pac-Man has led an interesting life as a video game character. Common sense would say Namco should have created a direct sequel with another set of mazes to follow up such a...

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 03/22/96   Genre: Platformer Milon’s Secret Castle is one of the worst NES games of all time. It tried many different things and failed at nearly all of them to create an inscrutable...

Developer: Japan Supply System    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 04/14/99    Genre: Platformer In the early days of the 3d platformer there were many interesting experiments. Titles like Gex: Enter the Gecko successfully translated the 2d gameplay to ...

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Nintendo    Released: 11/1/1996    Genre: Platformer Donkey Kong Country 3 is an odd release. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island and Donkey Kong Country 2 were a fitting swan song for the SNES before the Nintendo 64 wo...

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: Irem     Publisher: Irem     Release: 09/1993     Genre: Platformer Of all the companies to jump on the mascot platformer craze one of the last I would expect is Irem. The house that R-Type built had a rich arcade lineage they...

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 01/14/88     Genre: Action Captain N might have been a cheesy cartoon and not very good (I still love it) but it did show cool a crossover between video game characters could be. While Capcom...

Developer: Jorudan Co.   Publisher: Asmik    Released: 1992    Genre: Action Never underestimate the power of good marketing. I remember the magazine ads for Xardion featuring the intricate mecha designs of the main characters. The game looked extremely...