Night Striker

Night Striker

Developer: Aisystem Tokyo    Publisher: Taito    Release: 05/28/93    Genre: Shooter Anyone who was around in the 80s has bought more than one video game based off of screenshots, a magazine or ad. My interest in Night Striker was peaked due to...
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Mitsume ga Tooru

Mitsume ga Tooru

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Tomy    Released: 07/17/92    Genre: Platformer Capcom, Konami, and to a lesser extent Sunsoft are revered for putting out legendary NES titles. Their reputations are wholly deserved as some of the fondest NES classics...
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Exile

Exile

Developer: Renovation    Publisher: Working Designs    Release: 1992   Genre: Action Exile is one of the Turbo CD games I wanted to play the most. Why I became so obsessed with it is a bit of a mystery. But if I...
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Steel Empire

Steel Empire

Developer: Hot-B     Publisher: Flying Edge     Released: 1992     Genre: Shooter As much as I loved shooters growing up they did become over saturated with releases in a very short period. The Genesis, Turbo Grafx-16 and the arcade saw an innumera...
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Code Name: Viper

Code Name: Viper

Developer: Arc System Works    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 03/90   Genre: Action Capcom were pioneers on the NES, able to balance their output with between arcade conversions and original titles. Even their “ports” to the NES tend to become complet...
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The Great Battle II – Last Fighter Twin

The Great Battle II – Last Fighter Twin

Developer: Banpresto   Publisher: Banpresto   Released: 03/27/92   Genre: Beat em up I both love and hate the Great Battle Cyber. This late era Famicom release had everything going for it, from graphics to engaging gameplay. But it completely...
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Sugoro Quest

Sugoro Quest

Developer: Technos Japan    Publisher: Technos Japan     Released: June 28, 1991     Genre: RPG Sugoro Quest is the type of game that would definitely have been one of my favorites back in the day.  While my friends wouldn’t give awesome...
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Axelay

Axelay

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Released: 09/92    Genre: Shooter I think it safe to say that the shooting genre had a rough start on the SNES. Don’t get me wrong there were many great games in that initial batch. However you...
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Wonder Boy in Monster World

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Developer: Westone    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991    Genre: Action RPG The Wonder Boy games started out as slightly unique platformers at the genre’s beginning but it wouldn’t be long before the series would explore other genres.  Wonder Boy...
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Blaster Master

Blaster Master

Developer: Sunsoft    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 11/88   Genre: Action-Adventure Blaster Master is a game I did not think highly of initially. That more than likely has to do with the terrible Worlds of Power novelization I read beforehand. Talk abo...
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