February 2017 – Classic-Games.net

February 27, 2017 4 Responses

Rolling Thunder

Developer: Namco Publisher: Tengen Released: 10/89 Genre: Action Rolling Thunder may be a forgotten series now but looking at the current gaming landscape it was very influential. All cover based shooters can trace their heritage back to here although that...

February 24, 2017 one Response

King of Dragons

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 04/94 Genre: Beat em up The King of Dragons is an interesting game. It was released not long after Final Fight blew the doors off the genre and a legion of imitators followed. It...

February 22, 2017 9 Responses

R-Type

Developer: Irem Publisher: NEC Release: 09/89 Genre: Shooter Of the many shooters that I have played over the decades I count three that shaped my tastes. Gradius was one of the first major shooters I ever played. There’s...

February 20, 2017 No Responses

Youkai Club

Developer: Tose Publisher: Jaleco Release: 05/19/87 Genre: Action As the NES rose to prominence platformers took over the market with every publisher getting in on it. Even though we got our fair share there were 3 times as many platformers.....

February 17, 2017 3 Responses

Hook

Developer: Ukiyotei Publisher: Sony Imagesoft Released: 1992 Genre: Platformer Movie licensed video games were on average absolutely dreadful during the 8 and 16-bit era. Sure you could blame this on the films publishers chose to create...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

Devastator

Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Wolf Team Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Action In America most remember the Sega CD as a wasteland full of terrible FMV games and licensed junk. That is true to an extent but when you dig deeper it...

February 13, 2017 7 Responses

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Developer: Konami Publisher: Ultra Games Release: 06/89 Release: Action It is no slight exaggeration to say that every kid across the country wanted a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game back in the 80s. If you did not then sue...

February 10, 2017 No Responses

Last Alert

Developer: Laser Soft Publisher: NEC Release: 11/30/90 Genre: Action The Turbo Grafx-16 had very little success when it came to side scrolling action games. While Genesis owners got to enjoy Gunstar Heroes and Contra Hard Corps they had…Bloody....

February 8, 2017 one Response

Twinkle Tale

Developer: Zap Corporation Publisher: Wonder Amusement Studio Release: 07/24/92 Genre: Shooter The Cotton series of shooters are an incredible bunch that had a low profile because one single release came to the US until recently. And that...

February 6, 2017 15 Responses

Double Dragon

Developer: Technos Publisher: Tradewest Release: 06/88 Genre: Beat em up I really miss Technos. As the creators of the modern beat em up with Renegade the legions of titles that would follow all owe a debt to their work....

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