Pac-Mania
Developer: Namco Publisher: Tengen Release: 1991 Genre: Action Pac-Man. If you are over the age of 35 chances are you have played some incarnation of Namco’s classic. But while the original arcade game is an indelible part of...
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Snow Bros. starring Nick and Tom
Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Tengen Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Action Most remember Toaplan for their legendary shooter lineup. To say that they were one of the masters of the genre is an understatement. But they have just as many great...
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
Developer: Tengen Publisher: Tengen Released: 1993 Genre: Platformer Someday someone will write a book about the mascot platformer wars of the early 90s. No farm animal was safe as the video game industry looked for anything to give the...
Shinobi
Developer: Team Shinobi Publisher: Tengen Released: 1989 Genre: Action Shinobi is a great arcade game that drained quarters around the world. I loved it even though I lost plenty of money to its ridiculous difficulty. But it was...
Alien Syndrome
Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Tengen Released: 1989 Genre: Action Platform: NES Sega games on a Nintendo system will never stop being strange to me. I realize they have been third party since 2001 but as a seasoned vete...
Dragon’s Fury
Developer: Technosoft Publisher: Tengen Released: 1992 Genre: Pinball Platform: Genesis I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of pinball more than the reality of playing it. Growing up pinball tables were everywher...
Grind Stormer
Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Tengen Released: 1994 Genre: Shooter Platform: Genesis The Genesis, like the Turbo Grafx, featured excellent hardware that almost seemed tailor made for the shooter genre. Many developers ...
James Bond 007: the Duel
Goldeneye 007 was a landmark title for the N64 and console first person shooters as well. Not only did it prove that the genre could work on console but it also made the James Bond license incredibly hot for nearly...
Robo Aleste
The Sega CD is the butt of many jokes in plenty of circles. To some extent it does deserve some of the ridicule regarding its library. While Sega of Japan did a better job rounding out its library in all...
After Burner
It’s surprising but as early as the mid-80s I was aware of console exclusives. I owned a NES but somehow knew that Sega didn’t make games for Nintendo and vice versa. This indisputable fact made the presence of the unlicensed...