Month: February 2020

Developer: Toaplan     Publisher: Mentrix Software     Released: 1991     Genre: Platformer Ghosts ‘n Goblins was a massive hit in the arcade. At a time when companies were not afraid to copy any successful product surprisingly few games were made...

Developer: Data East     Publisher: Data East     Release: November 16, 1990     Genre: Platformer As I revisit the NES library my feelings toward a lot of titles have changed over the years.  There are games like Contra and Mega Man that remain.....

Developer: Natsume     Publisher: Natsume     Released: 1992     Genre: Action Spanky’s Quest is a game that I dismissed for years based on its silly name.  In my defense I was a stupid teenager so you can imagine what my sense of humor...

Developer: Malibu Interactive     Publisher: Sega     Released: 1992     Genre: Action Batman 1989 was a phenomenon the likes of which you can’t imagine.  To this day few movies can match its marketing blitz.  With its success anticipation for ...

Developer: Hudson Soft     Publisher: Hudson Soft     Released: 1989     Genre: Shooter The Adventures of Dino Riki is a game that I am completely apathetic toward.  I don’t dislike it like I do the old Wonder Boy games.  But I also don’t...

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: 1991     Genre: Shooter With the advent of 16-bit consoles came a slew of arcade ports that were all but impossible on older hardware.  Although I frequented the arcade on a regular basis it wa...

Developer: KID     Publisher: Dreamworks     Released: 1992     Genre: Brawler Everyone has games that they meant to play but never got around to.  Whether it was money, family, or other responsibilities at the end of the day time is still a facto...

Developer: Rare     Publisher: Milton Bradley    Released: 1990     Genre: Shooter The video game industry’s long love affair with military games will never cease to amaze.  We are coming up on sixteen straight years of Call of Duty titles and th...

Developer: Fupac     Publisher: Activision     Released: February 1994     Genre: Action      Platform: SNES In the early 90s Activision made a strange push for games that featured techno soundtracks by popular bands.  With the advent of the ...