April 2017 – Classic-Games.net

April 28, 2017 6 Responses

Golden Axe

Developer: Team Shinobi Publisher: Sega Release: 12/89 Genre: Beat em up The Sega Genesis and Turbo Grafx-16 launches were pretty significant events in the gaming industry. For the first time we were experiencing a hardware transition and all that...

April 26, 2017 2 Responses

Splatterhouse

Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Beat em up Ah the innocent gaming years of the 80s. While everyone was busy pumping out bright and cheery platformers Namco said screw that and took inspiration from the horror...

April 24, 2017 7 Responses

DuckTales

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 09/90 Genre: Platformer It’s hard to believe DuckTales is Capcom’s first actual Disney game as it really set a high bar. That it turned out so good comes as no surprise; Capcom were on fire...

April 21, 2017 No Responses

Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/92 Genre: Platformer In the dark age of licensed games for the NES Capcom showed that you could create a more than respectable title if you actually gave a damn about the license. In some...

April 19, 2017 5 Responses

Streets of Rage

Developer: Ancient Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Beat em up With Final Fight setting the arcade on fire naturally most were anxious for a home port. Unfortunately for Sega owners the SNES would receive the exclusive for a number...

April 17, 2017 No Responses

Aladdin

Developer: NMS Software Publisher: Virgin Release: 1994 Genre: Platformer Aladdin was the movie event of 1992 and with good reason. The film was amazing, both story wise and in its animation. The following year the video game blitz would...

April 14, 2017 one Response

The Ignition Factor

Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Released: 11/94 Genre: Action The firefighting sub-genre of action games might be underrepresented but man are there some real gems out there. The Ignition Factor was a low key release in 1994 but one that ...

April 12, 2017 2 Responses

Macross 2036

Developer: Masaya Publisher: NCS Released: April 3, 1992 Genre: Shooter The world of video game imports was a strange place for me up until around 2001 or so. I knew it was possible to buy Japanese video games and had...

April 10, 2017 one Response

After Burner

Developer: Sega Publisher: Tengen Release: 12/89 Genre: Shooter 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 did not make games for Nintendo and...

April 7, 2017 No Responses

Operation Logic Bomb

Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Released: 1993 Genre: Action There are games that fly under the radar for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they get lost in the hype of more anticipated titles. The publisher might have done a terrible job.....

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