January 2018 – Classic-Games.net

January 31, 2018 4 Responses

Cool Spot

Developer: Virgin Games Publisher: Virgin Games Release: 04/93 Genre: Platformer Virgin Interactive is a forgotten publisher these days but once upon a time they were one of the big dogs. We remember all of the great licensed titles...

January 28, 2018 3 Responses

Bad Dudes

Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Release: 07/90 Genre: Beat em up Part of what I enjoy the most about writing this blog is revisiting games that I remember fondly. For the most part the games that were great...

January 26, 2018 No Responses

Firestriker

Developer: Axes Art Amuse Publisher: DTMC Released: 10/94 Genre: Action I’ve always appreciated the offbeat, weird titles that receive little press but fill out a console library. I like blockbuster games as much as the next man but i...

January 24, 2018 No Responses

Shui Hu Feng Yun Zhuan

Developer: Never Ending Soft Team Publisher: King Tec Information Genre: 1999 Genre: Beat em up While Sega officially dropped support of the Genesis around 1996-97 in Taiwan and Korea a number of unlicensed games continued being released....

January 22, 2018 6 Responses

Shatterhand

Developer: Natsume Publisher: Jaleco Released: 1991 Genre: Action One of the biggest regrets from my childhood is that I moved on from the NES earlier than I should have. With Genesis hitting its stride and the SNES on the market...

January 19, 2018 5 Responses

Disney’s Aladdin

Developer: Virgin Publisher: Sega Release: 11/93 Genre: Platformer It really is incredible just how much Aladdin dominated 1992. The movie is one Disney’s greatest achievements and the subsequent video games were all fantastic. The Genesis vers...

January 15, 2018 4 Responses

Wizards & Warriors

Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim Release: 12/87 Genre: Platformer I remember thinking pretty highly of Wizards & Warriors back in the day. I will admit some of my fondness for the game stems from its Worlds of Power novelization. This...

January 12, 2018 No Responses

Cyber Cross

Developer: ITL Co. Publisher: Face Release: 06/23/89 Genre: Action The Turbo Grafx-16 library was woefully inadequate in many genres. It had its share of platformers and my god did It have shooters. But side scrolling beat ‘em...

January 10, 2018 one Response

Quackshot starring Donald Duck

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Platformer Looking back its kind of surprising how adventurous Sega were with the Disney license. While Capcom and Virgin churned out unambitious platformers Sega were not afraid to take risks...

January 8, 2018 one Response

Rygar

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Released: 07/87 Genre: Action I am sure like myself the NES version of Rygar was the first exposure to the series for many. Like Strider Rygar switched genres, becoming an expansive adventure rather than ...

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