Month: December 2023

The Sega Genesis had a long life as it released in 1989 but received new releases up until 1998. With that many years under its belt there were destined to be plenty of games that slip through the cracks. While...

Developer: KID   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 07/17/92  Genre: Shooter Absolutely incredible. That is all I can say. Summer Carnival ’92 Recca is the most technically accomplished game on the NES let alone in the shooter category. In terms of...

Developer: Inter State   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 12/11/92   Genre: Shooter It is inevitable. When you have so many shooters on one platform eventually they will start to blend together. It does not help that most are content...

Developer: Probe    Publisher: Acclaim    Release: 09/13/93   Genre: Fighting Street Fighter 2 is one of the most influential games of all time, not to mention the impact it had on the fighting game genre. Like Super Mario Bros. and Double...

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 11/15/91   Genre: Action RPG The action RPG library for the NES in America was a bit light. We received some bangers for sure such as Crystalis, Faxanadu, and Willow but the pickings were slim...

The NES was host to a legion of shooters despite its slow processor. Yet even with that handicap developers created video gaming gold on the little grey box. For many the Nintendo was their introduction to the genre and many...

Developer: Core Design    Publisher: Sony Imagesoft    Release: 08/93   Genre: Action Hook was one of the cinematic events of 1991. The marketing blitz was huge; I remember comic book advertisements months before the film was released and it only...

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 08/89   Genre: Action Culture Brain is not the first name on my list of best NES publishers. But I will give them credit for coming up with some weirdly ambitious titles. The...

Developer: Amble   Publisher: Bandai   Release: 06/28/96   Genre: Action RPG Anime licensed games in Japan back in the 16-bit era were usually fighting games or generic platformers. When you need to get a game out as quickly as...