Month: March 2019

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 08/14/89   Genre: Action I have a confession to make: I’m not a big fan of games with helicopters. It is a very petty mindset, but I can’t help it. Maybe it is...

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: August 11, 1987    Genre: Action I’ve been fascinated by the Famicom Disk System ever since I learned of its existence years after the fact. It was nice to learn what the expansion on the...

Whenever a new console launches it is always interesting to see how developers will use the new technology.  With the Wii waggle mechanics were tacked on to every game willy nilly.  Early Xbox 360 titles looked like they were dipped...

Capcom did justice to the Disney license with their various NES titles.  Some of those titles are counted among the greatest video games of all time.  So it stands to reason that expectations were high to see what they could...

Developer: KID      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1992      Genre: Action Toward the end of the NES’ life cycle when everyone else had moved on Taito levelled up. I liked Power Blade as much as the next man but before that they were...

When the SNES first launched there were a glut of sports games and shooters.  With the console’s increased power over its predecessor there were many arcade ports of popular shooters.  For the most part these turned out alright outside of...

Next to shooters and platformers no other genre was as oversaturated in the 90s as the side-scrolling beat em up.  Once Final Fight ignited the genre every developer was off to the races copying Capcom’s formula.  But where shooters had...

Developer: Software Creations      Publisher: Arcadia      Released: November 1990      Genre: Shooter      Platform: NES Any time the Silver Surfer NES game is brought up you’ll hear a bunch of phrases.  One of the worst games of all ti...

Original home beat ‘em ups usually fell into one of two categories.  Those that adhered to the Final Fight/Double Dragon mold, which is the majority.  And those that tried something different.  Games like Melfand Stories and Splatterhouse may not have...