Month: July 2020

Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns
July 8, 2020 No Responses

Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns

Developer: Tiertex     Publisher: U.S. Gold     Released: 1993     Genre: Action Strider was an important release for the Sega Genesis.  As the first 8-meg cartridge it opened the doors for larger games and for its time was a stellar arcade conversion.  It...
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Panic Restaurant
July 6, 2020 one Response

Panic Restaurant

Developer: EIM     Publisher: Taito     Released: October 1992     Genre; Platformer I’ve lamented the numerous NES titles that went largely ignored due to the 16-bit war heating up.  Most of these releases such as Shatterhand, Vice Project Doom...
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1941: Counter Attack
July 3, 2020 one Response

1941: Counter Attack

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Released: August 23, 1991    Genre: Shooter I like Capcom’s 19XX series of shooters but can freely admit they did not have the best start.  1942 was decent for its time if a bit...
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Thunder Force III
July 1, 2020 one Response

Thunder Force III

Developer: Technosoft     Publisher: Technosoft     Released: 1990     Genre: Shooter The Sega Genesis had a small but varied launch lineup. While everyone was fawning over Altered Beast Thunder Force II was the star of the lineup in my opinion. It.....
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