Month: May 2018

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project
May 11, 2018 one Response

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project is often forgotten among the games in the series.  It’s easy to see why; as a 1992 release most of the industry and gamer’s attention was squarely on the SNES.  It...
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Gun-Nac
May 9, 2018 2 Responses

Gun-Nac

Developer: Compile     Publisher: Ascii    Released: September 1991     Genre: Shooter Zanac was one of the earliest NES shooters I ever played after Gradius.  While Konami’s classic my introduction to the modern shooter Zanac felt like the next ste...
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Holy Diver
May 7, 2018 No Responses

Holy Diver

In the land of 2d platformers Castlevania has always been one of the most unique series around.  Even to this day there aren’t many games that intentionally gimp their main character and design around those limitations.  While it was frustrating...
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Silpheed
May 4, 2018 one Response

Silpheed

Star Fox was a watershed moment for console gaming, as hard as it may seem.  3d games had appeared on consoles before but only in a limited capacity.  But Star Fox, with its Super FX chip and 15 fps at...
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Knights of the Round
May 2, 2018 No Responses

Knights of the Round

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: April 1994     Genre: Beat em up It’s interesting to look back and see how much Capcom were into exploring RPG mechanics with their various games in the 90s.  Magic Sword dipped its toes in t...
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