August 2020 – Classic-Games.net

August 31, 2020 No Responses

Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1990 Genre: Platformer Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom is an unusual release. As essentially an advertisement for the Disney World theme parks it should be awful. Who wants to play a video game...

August 28, 2020 No Responses

X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1994 Genre: Beat em up The X-Men license did not get off to a good start on the SNES. Spider-Man & the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge was not a good game in spite of its...

August 26, 2020 No Responses

Atomic Robo-Kid

Developer: UPL Co., Ltd. Publisher: Treco Released: 1990 Genre: Shooter I enjoy a good shooter. Since the Atari 2600 days the genre has been one of my favorites. Up until bullet hell took over I still enjoyed...

August 24, 2020 No Responses

The Karate Kid

Developer: Atlus Publisher: LJN Released: 1987 Genre: Action The Karate Kid was a humongous hit in the 80s. For many of us youngins at the time it was our first exposure to karate and we thought it was the coolest...

August 21, 2020 one Response

Space Harrier

Developer: NEC Publisher: NEC Released: 1990 Genre: Action Space Harrier was insanely popular in the arcade in the 80s. It is easy to see why, with its fancy Super Scaler tech and art direction. While it was...

August 19, 2020 No Responses

Air Buster

Developer: Kaneko Publisher: Kaneko Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters is one of my favorite Turbo Grafx-16 games. At a time where I had few games for the system it was a bright spot. It would be...

August 17, 2020 No Responses

Blades of Steel

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 1988 Genre: Sports Believe it or not Blades of Steel was my introduction to Hockey. Growing up Hockey was not really shown on local television like the NFL or NBA so it always seemed...

August 14, 2020 No Responses

Sonic Blast Man

Developer: ITL Co, Ltd Publisher: Taito Released: 1992 Genre: Beat ’em up I’ve lamented the death of the arcade in the US on many an occasion in this blog. While I miss the titles that really pushed technology forward...

August 12, 2020 No Responses

Dragon Spirit

Developer: Namco Publisher NEC Released: November 1989 Genre: Shooter Dragon’s Spirit is one of the earliest arcade games I ever played which is partly why I’m so fond of it. The game is also good to boot so it isn’t...

August 10, 2020 No Responses

Gyruss

Gyruss was a favorite of mine in the arcade back in the 80s. After playing the likes of Gradius and Space Invaders it was a nice change of pace in terms of its viewpoint and mechanics. Of course the younger...

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