Iron Commando
Developer: Arcade Zone Publisher: Poppo Release: 02/10/95 Genre: Beat em up I have mentioned that the beat em up genre was over saturated in the early 90s. Trust me it is true. But despite the glut of...
Month: January 2024
Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 3
Developer: Masaya Publisher: Masaya Release: 02/28/92 Genre: Action Shockman was a valiant attempt at providing the Turbo Grafx-16 with some Mega Man inspired action. But while it kind of had the look ultimately the game was disappointing...
Solomon’s Key
Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 07/22/87 Genre: Puzzle Solomon’s Key is an example of a game that grew on me over time. When it initially released I was maybe too young to appreciate the depth of its mechanics. The...
Magnum Kiki Ippatsu: Empire City: 1931
Developer: I.S.I. Publisher: Toshiba EMI Release: 12/15/87 Genre: Rail Shooter I like rail shooters. Ever since Space Harrier on the Master System made me jealous of my friends who owned the system I have chased that high. But...
Super Hang-On
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/89 Genre: Racing Hang-On was my first game for the Sega Master System and it left a strong impression. I immediately noticed it looked better than Mach Rider on the NES but I was...
Dragon’s Lair NES
Developer: Motivetime Publisher: CSG Imagesoft Release: 12/29/90 Genre: Platformer If you grew up with the NES than you were accustomed to arcade ports that differed from the source material. In some cases this was for the better. Contra...
Street Racer
Developer: Vivid Image Publisher: Ubi Soft Release: 94 Genre: Racing Super Mario Kart was the bestselling racing game of its generation. At just under 9 million copies sold it was also one of the bestselling SNES games of all time....
Truxton
Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Sega Release: 12/89 Genre: Shooter Truxton was a random rental back in the day before the Sega Genesis library exploded. What little I remember from my time with it is that it was brutally difficult and...
Cybernoid
Developer: Studio 12 Publisher: Acclaim Release: 1989 Genre: Action Back in the day games were made more difficult when brought overseas. Sometimes this was a good thing as a little extra challenge would make an already solid...
Captain America & the Avengers SNES
Developer: Realtime Associates Publisher: Mindscape Release: 1993 Genre: Beat em up Let’s be completely honest for a moment: Captain America & the Avengers was an average at best arcade game. For its time it was one of...