James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire

James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire

Developer: Electronic Arts     Publisher: Electronic Arts     Released: 11/13/01, 03/12/02     Genre: FPS Electronic Arts first forays into the Bond license were not all that well received. Tomorrow Never Dies and the PS One version of the World is Not Enough...
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Zombie Revenge

Zombie Revenge

Developer: Sega AM1    Publisher: Sega    Release: 01/25/00   Genre: Beat em up The 16-bit era was a gold mine for quality beat em ups. From arcade greats like Final Fight to home console exclusives such as Streets of Rage,...
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Extreme-G

Extreme-G

With the advent of home console 3d the racing genre literally exploded in the late 90s. It isn’t like today where we are lucky to get a few sim racers and maybe an arcade racer a year. Racing games run...
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Harmful Park

Harmful Park

Developer: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd    Publisher: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd    Released: 02/14/97    Genre: Shooter By the mid-90s the shooter genre had a problem: there were too many! Whether it was on consoles or especially in the arcade no...
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Panzer Dragoon

Panzer Dragoon

Developer: Team Andromeda    Publisher: Sega    Release: 05/11/95   Genre: Rail Shooter Sega’s surprise launch of the Saturn in May of 1995 was disastrous for a number of reasons. Retailers were not prepared, gamers certainly were not, and more import...
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Actraiser 2

Actraiser 2

Developer: Quintet     Publisher: Enix     Released: 11/93     Genre: Action The original Actraiser was one of the best early SNES titles as it offered something new in terms of gameplay and while featuring great production values, mostly in terms o...
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Snatcher

Snatcher

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Released: 1994   Genre: Adventure It is interesting to look at the landscape of the visual novel market now.  If you are a fan of the genre there are more games than you can play in...
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Sylphia

Sylphia

Developer: Compile    Publisher: Tonkin House    Release: 10/22/93   Genre: Shooter Any true shooter fan knows the name Compile. They were literally the masters of the genre, creating many beloved classics. But as with any company there are always...
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Cosmic Epsilon

Cosmic Epsilon

Developer: Home Data Corp    Publisher: Asmik    Release: 11/24/89    Genre: Rail Shooter I have to admit to being a bit jealous of the Famicom library at times. Make no mistake, the NES had a fantastic library overall, full of classics that...
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Ninja Gaiden II – the Dark Sword of Chaos

Ninja Gaiden II – the Dark Sword of Chaos

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 05/90   Genre: Action As much as it frustrates me Ninja Gaiden is still one of my favorite NES games ever. I would not have dumped hundreds of hours mastering it just to reach its...
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