I honestly do not know when my obsession with Adventure Island began. Maybe it was the name; and island full of adventure sounds like the greatest thing in the world. I was 8 years old, give me a break. It...
Developer: Micronics Publisher: Naxat Soft Released: July 26, 1996 Genre: Shooter Spriggan Powered is a game that I discovered through the magic of emulation. While I devoured any and all gaming publications growing up they could only co...
Developer: FACE Publisher: Sankindo Released: December 21, 1990 Genre: Action Cyber Cross was not a good game. It was the kind of generic pap you get not long after a system launch and was mediocre in every way. It was...
We live in an era where we can find footage of new video games at the touch of a button. Not only that many games have betas open to nearly everyone. Back in the 80s that wasn’t the case. In...
Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Square Released: December 13, 1993 Genre: Action RPG I am a huge fan of Super Smash Bros and Kirby. The work that Hal Labs has done over the years to keep Kirby relevant is nothing...
Shinobi III – Return of the Ninja Master is one of the greatest action games of all time. Revenge of Shinobi was one of the first truly great Genesis games and this bests it in every category. But as great...
Developer: Hect Publisher: Hect Released: August 28, 1992 Genre: Platformer It’s hard to believe that a strong title like Moon Crystal never left Japan. An obscure US publisher named DTMC were set to bring it to the US. I...
Developer: Produce Co. Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: February 22, 1991 Genre: Shooter It’s interesting to look back at the reception of the Turbo Grafx-16. In America it was a distant third place behind the SNES and Genesis. ...
Sega were in an interesting position with the Genesis. Because of Nintendo’s strong arm tactics with third parties they had little support early on. But they figure out a clever loophole; they could license and program the games themselves. ...
Developer: Tamtex Publisher: Irem Released: 1991 Genre: Action Today when a new game is announced there are innumerable websites that report it, with screenshots and trailers. But back in the day we weren’t so lucky. Outside of se...