August 2018 – Classic-Games.net

August 31, 2018 No Responses

The Firemen

Developer: Human Entertainment Publisher: Human Entertainment Release: 1994 Genre: Action Today we have thousands of games released a year on Steam alone. Yet even with that deluge of content games about firefighting are still rare. Sega gave us...

August 29, 2018 No Responses

Final Zone II

Developer: Renovation Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Action As I delve into the PC Engine CD library I have a newfound appreciation for the system. I was not able to own one back in the day; at $399...

August 27, 2018 No Responses

Fist of the North Star

Developer: Shouei Publisher: Taxan Release: 04/89 Genre: Action I discovered Fist of the North Star at a far too young age. My family had bought a random issue of the Viz single-issue release and the violence and casual nudity blew...

August 24, 2018 No Responses

Super Bomberman

Developer: Produce Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 09/93 Genre: Action I was not a fan of Bomberman initially. The title sounded exotic and I pictured, I don’t know, Bomb Man from Mega Man in an action platformer. Instead I...

August 22, 2018 No Responses

Robo Aleste

Developer: Compile Publisher: Tengen Release: 1993 Genre: Shooter The Sega CD is the butt of many jokes in plenty of circles. To some extent it does deserve some of the ridicule regarding its library. While Sega of Japan...

August 20, 2018 No Responses

Gremlins 2: the New Batch

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 10/90 Genre: Action After a string of bad games such as Superman, Back to the Future, and my personal biggest regret, Marvel’s X-Men I learned to avoid any game based on a popular license....

August 17, 2018 No Responses

Cybernator

Developer: Masaya Publisher: Konami Release: 04/04/93 Genre: Action Target Earth was an early Genesis title that left an impression on any who played it. It was mostly negative as the brutal difficulty was immediately off putting. But behind t...

August 15, 2018 No Responses

Mystic Defender

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 01/90 Genre: Action The early days of the Genesis were both exciting and a little bit underwhelming. Arcade ports like Ghouls N’ Ghosts and Golden Axe were a clear step above the NES. But...

August 13, 2018 No Responses

Dragon Spirit – the New Legend

Developer: Namco Publisher: Bandai Released: 1990 Genre: Shooter I have always liked Dragon Spirit more than most shooters. It was one of the few arcade games I ever came close to finishing before the inevitable home port which probably....

August 10, 2018 No Responses

Joe & Mac

Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Release: 01/92 Genre: Platformer I love Joe & Mac. At this point I have reviewed the game across numerous platforms and yet I am not tired of it. It reminds me...

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