Gungrave

Gungrave

I think it’s safe to say that Devil May Cry lit a fire under the 3d action game genre like never before.  And honestly, thank god.  The transition from 2d to 3d during the PS One era was not pretty. ...
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Star Fox Assault

Star Fox Assault

Developer: Namco     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: February 14, 2005     Genre: Rail Shooter Star Fox Assault should have been one of the easiest home runs possible.  Star Fox 64 remains one of the best rail shooters of all time.  And with Na...
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Ikaruga

Ikaruga

Developer: Treasure     Publisher: Atari     Released: April 14, 2003     Genre: Shooter I’ve always admired developer Treasure’s ability to inject new mechanics into well-worn genres.  Guardian Heroes was the natural evolution of the beat em ...
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Star Wars – Shadows of the Empire

Star Wars – Shadows of the Empire

It’s hard to express just how big of a deal Shadows of the Empire was back in 1996.  Even though we were years removed from the original trilogy Star Wars was still one of the most popular properties around.  So...
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Klonoa – Door to Phantomile

Klonoa – Door to Phantomile

During the 8 and 16-bit era I’ll admit I did not think too much of Namco.  Not that they weren’t putting out good games, but compared to Capcom and Konami they were low on my priority list.  All that changed...
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Astal

Astal

Heading into the 32-bit generation the future looked bright.  The 2d platformer had been perfected, with some of the best games of all time released at the tail end of the 16-bit era.  I’m sure many like myself thought we...
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Melfand Stories

Melfand Stories

The Super Famicom library never ceases to amaze me.  Even now, decades after its last release, I am still discovering plenty of hidden gems in its lineup.  While the SNES has a solid lineup of side scrolling beat em ups...
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Fantasia

Fantasia

Sega’s Disney licensed games for the Genesis were fantastic.  They were so good in fact that I almost wish they would return to publishing licensed games again.  There were a few less than stellar titles (the Little Mermaid comes to...
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Seirei Senshi Spriggan

Seirei Senshi Spriggan

Developer: Compile    Publishr: Naxat Soft    Released: July 19,1991    Genre: Shooter In the US the Turbo Grafx-16 had a limited library.  While it had a few titles in every genre no one could deny that it had an...
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Snow Bros

Snow Bros

Developer: Toaplan    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 1991   Genre: Action For as much as I like to think I have an open mind with video games I must confess, I’ve made my share of bad assumptions.  When I saw Snow...
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