Lagoon
Developer: Zoom Publisher: Kemco Release: 12/91 Genre: Action RPG When I first read about Lagoon I thought it was an aquatic themed RPG. I mean it is in the name. But I would soon discover that the title is merely...
Month: September 2018
Final Fight CD
Developer: A-Wave Publisher: Sega Release: 03/25/93 Genre: Beat em up I know I was not the only one disappointed by the SNES release of Final Fight. As one of the biggest arcade games of all time many were...
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
Developer: Zippo Games Publisher: Acclaim Release: 12/89 Genre: Action Wizards & Warriors was a curious game. Even as a child I was aware of its flaws. It has some of the most intense platforming at the time but everything surrounding...
Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie
Developer: Winky Soft Pubisher: Zamuse Released: 10/29/93 Genre: Shooter For as much as I lament the inability of the various Macross series to come to the US it is an even bigger shame that the game’s suffer the same...
Gaiares
Developer: Telenet Publisher: Renovation Release: 03/91 Genre: Shooter The Sega Genesis diverse lineup of shooters is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand there are some truly awful games in there as you would expect. But...
Ninja Gaiden III: the Ancient Ship of Doom
Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 08/91 Genre: Action Back in the day it wasn’t uncommon for games to undergo significant changes when coming to different markets. Sometimes these were bug fixes or additions to gameplay. More often th...
Super Star Wars
Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: JVC Release: 06/01/92 Genre: Action For as popular as the Star Wars license remained after the films left theaters it did not have an easy go of it in video games. The late 80s and...
Virtua Racing
Developer: Sega AM2 Publisher: Sega Release: 03/14/94 Genre: Racing For as much as we revere Sega for their creative and original output their arcade releases were just as brilliant. I would even say that they were pioneers of arcade...
Jackie Chan’s Action Kung-Fu
Developer: Now Production Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 12/90 Genre: Action For all of Jackie Chan’s success in film his video game “career” has been less than stellar. Over the last few decades there have been close to twenty...
