Tag: Taito

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Publisher: 11/27/97   Genre: Platformer Watching arcades disappear around the mid-90s was a sad sight. Not only because it was a place to meet fellow gamers before the internet became big but also because there we...

 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...

Developer: Taito   Publisher: Taito    Release: 11/12/92   Genre: Action I was a latecomer to New Zealand Story. Despite the massive number of ports I avoided the game for no other reason that I could. But once I gave the...

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...

Developer:    Publisher: Taito    Release: 12/91   Genre: Action Of all the licensed titles on the NES the Flintstones and Jetsons games from Taito are some of the best. Capcom worked magic with the Disney license yet other publishers were not...

Developer: Taito   Publisher: Taito   Release: 1991    Genre: Action Of the many titles in the Genesis’s early years Thunder Fox is one that I frequently forget. Thunder Fox was not a significant hit in the arcade but a...

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...

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Release: 01/25/91   Genre: Racing Chase H.Q. was an interesting spin on the “racing” genre. Technically you were still racing against the clock to catch up to your suspect. But the overall goal was not to...

Developer: ITL Co.    Publisher: Taito    Release: 08/93   Genre: Action The NES enjoyed a longer life than almost every system on the market save the PlayStation 2. While we enjoyed many a classic with the little grey box it...