A Brief Break
Its been a long and exhausting year for everyone and while there is light at the end of the tunnel we still have to endure. While I love doing this it does not hurt to take a quick break every...
Month: November 2020
SkyBlazer
Developer: Ukiyotei Publisher: Sony Imagesoft Released: 1994 Genre: Platformer Sony during the 16-bit era were not exactly a quality publisher. When it really gets down to it it seemed like they were trying to outdo Akklaim in terms of ...
Shinobi Legions
Developer: Sega Publisher: Vik Tokai Released: 1995 Genre: Action Shinobi III is one of the greatest action games of the 16-bit era. Sega practically mastered the genre with that game and even to this day I still revisit it often....
The Guardian Legend
Developer: Compile Publisher: Broderbund Released: April 1989 Genre: Action I am sure like legions of children growing up I was not the only one that looked forward to Christmas morning. The promise of a new game was unlike anything in....
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Released: 1995 Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden was a seminal part of my childhood. The amount of hours I spent trying to defeat the Jaquio is practically legendary. The years spent working on beating the gam...
R-Types
Developer: Irem Publisher: ASCII Entertainment Released: February 28, 1998 Genre: Shooter R-Type is one of the seminal shooters of the 80s and its influence is up there with Gradius in my opinion. As with any popular arcade game of the....
Adventures of Lolo
Developer: Hal Laboratory Publisher: Hal America Released: 1989 Genre: Puzzle I miss the HAL Labs of the 8 and 16-bit days. Don’t get me wrong they are still a great developer but the diversity in their output is...
Alien vs Predator
Developer: Jorudan Co. Publisher: Activision Released: 1993 Genre: Beat em up Alien vs Predator is one of those concepts that is literally a match made in heaven. The ultimate hunters’ vs the ultimate prey. When the alien skull was...
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
Developer: Tengen Publisher: Tengen Released: 1993 Genre: Platformer Someday someone will write a book about the mascot platformer wars of the early 90s. No farm animal was safe as the video game industry looked for anything to give the...
Kiwi Kraze
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1991 Genre: Platformer I admit for the longest time New Zealand Story was a giant blind spot in my video game history. For years I have seen articles and reviews about it for nearly...